On Wed, Dec 04, 2019 at 09:11:37PM +0800, yu kuai wrote:
> tmpfs support 'size', 'nr_blocks' and 'nr_inodes' mount options. mount or
> remount them to zero means unlimited. 'size' and 'br_blocks' can remount
> from limited to unlimited, while 'nr_inodes' can't.
>
> The problem is fixed since upstream commit 0b5071dd323d ("
> shmem_parse_options(): use a separate structure to keep the results"). But
> in order to backport it, the amount of related patches need to backport is
> huge.
>
> So, I made some local changes to fix the problem.
>
> Signed-off-by: yu kuai <yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/shmem.c | 7 +++++--
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
<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>
