On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 03:14:33PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 11:23 AM Christian Brauner
> <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Would you be ok with applying this fix directly? I
>
> Done.
>
> That said, I would have liked a "Fixes:" tag, or some indication of
> how far back the stable people should take this..
Ugh, I missed to add that.
>From a pure upstream stable perspective the only relevant and still
supported kernel that should get this fix is 5.15.
I can make it a custom to mark all patches that should go to stable with
the first kernel version where a given fix should be applied. In this
case this whould've meant I'd given it:
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v5.12+
For upstream stable maintainers it should be clear that since the only
supported stable version within the range is v5.15.
For downstream users/distros it should help to identify whether they
still run/maintain a kernel that falls within the range of kernels that
would technically be eligible for this fix.
I haven't seen whether we prefer the Cc: with # v*.**+ syntax to a
simple Cc: without it nowadays.
>
> I assume it's 9caccd41541a ("fs: introduce MOUNT_ATTR_IDMAP"), and
Yes, that's correct. Thanks!
> that's what I added manually to it as I applied it, but relying on me
> noticing and getting things right can be a risky business..
Noted. :)
Christian
