Re: [PATCH] nfsd: fix race between cache_clean and cache_purge

Yihao Wu
2020-03-24T14:29:03Z

On 2020/3/24 10:18 PM, Chuck Lever wrote:
>> Fixes: 471a930ad7d1(SUNRPC: Drop all entries from cache_detail when cache_purge())
>> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org #v4.11+
> Yihao, I couldn't get this patch to apply to kernels before v5.0.
>
> I don't think we need both a Fixes tag and a Cc: stable, because
> stable maintainers will try to apply this patch to any kernel that
> has 471a930, and ignore the failures.
>
> So if I apply your fix, I'm going to drop the Cc: stable tag.
>
>

OK. And thanks for reviewing and reminding me this, Chuck.

Yihao Wu