Re: [PATCH] iomap: Revert "fs/iomap.c: get/put the page in iomap_page_create/release()"

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On 12/21/18 1:40 AM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 07:57:21AM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote:
>> On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 01:28:25PM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
>>> On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 11:23:24PM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote:
>>>> From: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>> This reverts commit 61c6de667263184125d5ca75e894fcad632b0dd3.
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>> <formletter>
>>>
>>> This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
>>> stable kernel tree.  Please read:
>>>     https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
>>> for how to do this properly.
>>>
>>> </formletter>
>>
>> This wasn't a stable kernel patch submission. This was to let the
>> stable kernel maintainers know that a commit that was submitted for
>> stable kernel inclusion (via a cc stable in the commit message) is
>> buggy and should not be backported. i.e. if you've already queued/
>> backported 61c6de6672 then you need to drop it from your trees.
> 
> As the commit 61c6de667263 ("fs/iomap.c: get/put the page in
> iomap_page_create/release()") was tagged for a stable release (and is in
> 4.19.11) it would be nice to also add the cc: stable in the revert.
> When you just blindly send it to the stable mailing list, we have no
> idea what to do with it, hence the automated form letter that was sent.
> 
> Now that this is in Linus's tree, I'll dig out the revert and remember
> to queue it up for the next round of stable updates, thanks for letting
> us know.

As a side note from an interested observer, I had no idea that patches
from not-yet-released Linus kernels could make it into a "stable" kernel
within 5 days of Linus' commit to an -rc.  That seems shockingly fast,
with very little margin for error.

-Eric



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