On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 02:23:00PM +0100, gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> The patch below does not apply to the 5.4-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 1e249cb5b7fc09ff216aa5a12f6c302e434e88f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2021 11:02:43 -0800
> Subject: [PATCH] fs: fix lazytime expiration handling in
> __writeback_single_inode()
>
Hi Greg, for 5.4 can you take commit 5fcd57505c00 ("writeback: Drop
I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRE") first? Then this commit will cherry-pick cleanly.
For 4.19 and earlier there are conflicts, so I'll send out the patches for
those.
- Eric
