Re: [PATCH] iomap: Revert "fs/iomap.c: get/put the page in iomap_page_create/release()"

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 07:57:21AM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 01:28:25PM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 11:23:24PM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote:
> > > From: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
> > > 
> > > This reverts commit 61c6de667263184125d5ca75e894fcad632b0dd3.
> 
> <snip>
> 
> > <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>
> 
> This wasn't a stable kernel patch submission. This was to let the
> stable kernel maintainers know that a commit that was submitted for
> stable kernel inclusion (via a cc stable in the commit message) is
> buggy and should not be backported. i.e. if you've already queued/
> backported 61c6de6672 then you need to drop it from your trees.

As the commit 61c6de667263 ("fs/iomap.c: get/put the page in
iomap_page_create/release()") was tagged for a stable release (and is in
4.19.11) it would be nice to also add the cc: stable in the revert.
When you just blindly send it to the stable mailing list, we have no
idea what to do with it, hence the automated form letter that was sent.

Now that this is in Linus's tree, I'll dig out the revert and remember
to queue it up for the next round of stable updates, thanks for letting
us know.

greg k-h