Re: [PATCH] scsi: target: core: add missing file_{start,end}_write()

Christian Brauner
2023-11-24T08:23:48Z

On Thu, 23 Nov 2023 11:20:00 +0200, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> The callers of vfs_iter_write() are required to hold file_start_write().
> file_start_write() is a no-op for the S_ISBLK() case, but it is really
> needed when the backing file is a regular file.
>
> We are going to move file_{start,end}_write() into vfs_iter_write(), but
> we need to fix this first, so that the fix could be backported to stable
> kernels.
>
> [...]

Applied to the vfs.rw branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.rw branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
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tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.rw

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