Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] bdi: add a ->dev_name field to struct backing_dev_info" failed to apply to 5.6-stable tree

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On 5/12/20 8:38 AM, Sasha Levin wrote:
> On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 01:51:12PM +0200, gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>> The patch below does not apply to the 5.6-stable tree.
>> If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
>> tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
>> id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> greg k-h
>>
>> ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
>>
>>From 6bd87eec23cbc9ed222bed0f5b5b02bf300e9a8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
>> Date: Mon, 4 May 2020 14:47:56 +0200
>> Subject: [PATCH] bdi: add a ->dev_name field to struct backing_dev_info
>>
>> Cache a copy of the name for the life time of the backing_dev_info
>> structure so that we can reference it even after unregistering.
>>
>> Fixes: 68f23b89067f ("memcg: fix a crash in wb_workfn when a device disappears")
>> Reported-by: Yufen Yu <yuyufen@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
>> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
>> Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> I've also grabbed eb7ae5e06bb6 ("bdi: move bdi_dev_name out of line") as
> a dependency and queued both for 5.6 and 5.4.

Thanks Sasha!

-- 
Jens Axboe




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