From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 600F3EB64D7 for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2023 23:27:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1344628AbjFPX1p (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:27:45 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:45254 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229585AbjFPX1k (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:27:40 -0400 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.129.124]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B60F03599 for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2023 16:26:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1686958012; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=WY5Vy149BoEkkQUZaVVbx5XdSZR9rg2xiRp0ZWIjbCY=; b=NPZkzVr+Z/nmMUk1D7KG8zKCLlfClWoCcpp2I0BMswJsX5gnK3QbB+0ctFkq1HqFgqsFcp OwalOeqEVkFr4khc7KmPHTQS6oMJsppL+ETNwJEvWub8Iy+WsSBKWcmtDljNUVDVaxKI0T tjMUSLwybNYsm23HBjamljr68bNyxII= Received: from mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (mimecast-mx02.redhat.com [66.187.233.88]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-347-Ow6ffnNVNRieoul6One7EA-1; Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:26:47 -0400 X-MC-Unique: Ow6ffnNVNRieoul6One7EA-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx05.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.5]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3162A85A5A6; Fri, 16 Jun 2023 23:26:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from warthog.procyon.org.uk (unknown [10.42.28.51]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F9E51C559; Fri, 16 Jun 2023 23:26:46 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd. Registered Address: Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SI4 1TE, United Kingdom. Registered in England and Wales under Company Registration No. 3798903 From: David Howells In-Reply-To: <20230616162202.f46e1279d6b638406fd0eecd@linux-foundation.org> References: <20230616162202.f46e1279d6b638406fd0eecd@linux-foundation.org> <20230608175031.9c534e7f554de89e3d972ab2@linux-foundation.org> <20230607204120.89416-1-vishal.moola@gmail.com> <20230607204120.89416-2-vishal.moola@gmail.com> <702179.1686955382@warthog.procyon.org.uk> To: Andrew Morton Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, "Vishal Moola (Oracle)" , linux-afs@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] afs: Fix waiting for writeback then skipping folio MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <702770.1686958006.1@warthog.procyon.org.uk> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2023 00:26:46 +0100 Message-ID: <702771.1686958006@warthog.procyon.org.uk> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.1 on 10.11.54.5 Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Andrew Morton wrote: > Well, what I'm really asking is the thing I ask seven times a day: > > - what are the end-user visible effects of the bug A third party might see an incomplete flush after they've done a sync - which amounts to temporary file corruption. > - should be fix be backported into earlier kernels Yes. David