Re: [PATCH v2] Revert "fuse: Apply flags2 only when userspace set the FUSE_INIT_EXT"

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 03:03:28PM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 2:46 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> 
> > I'm talking about a patch where you are changing the existing
> > user/kernel api by filtering out values that you previously accepted.
> > And it was done in a patch saying "this might break userspace", and
> > guess what, it did!
> >
> > So why not revert it as obviously you all anticipated that this might
> > happen?
> 
> Because it's a useful patch, and while I mentioned the possibility of
> a regression, I definitely didn't expect it to happen.

But it did :(

> And I still think that the Android case doesn't count, because it's
> just a completely different environment.  What can happen on Android
> may not happen on non-Android and vice versa.  Why should I revert a
> useful patch, because it causes a regression in a downstream kernel,
> because of an Android only patch?

It's not all that different of an environment, they use a stock kernel,
you can boot an android device just fine for many years without any
changes.

I would argue there are less changes in an android kernel than an
"enterprise" linux distro kernel these days by far :)

> > The "internal" patch from Android was just using the upper values of the
> > fuse api because they didn't want to conflict with the upstream values
> > before their code was accepted (and it was submitted already, but not
> > accepted.)
> >
> > So how do you want developers to work on changes before they are
> > accepted with this user/kernel numbering scheme that you have?  You just
> > broke anyone who was using a not-accepted-in-the-tree value, right?
> 
> Again, upstream and downstream.  There's a reason why some companies
> have upstream first policies: because it's less painful in the long
> run.  Android having decided to go ahead and add that patch is not my
> problem, and I really really don't want to care.

I think you rejected Android's changes, so what were they supposed to
do?  Or someone did, I can't remember when it was submitted, but i do
remember seeing the patches flow by on some list...

> Having said all that, if there's a regression that someone reports for
> upstream flags (even on a vendor kernel), I'll just revert the patch
> right away.

So because Android userspace is sending a flag value that is not in the
upstream table, this breakage is ok?  Or do you mean something else, I'm
getting confused.

thanks,

greg k-h