From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 08:34:19 -0800 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Josh Boyer Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, Al Viro Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.18 15/19] move d_rcu from overlapping d_child to overlapping d_alias Message-ID: <20141215163419.GA1351@kroah.com> References: <20141214201823.543296369@linuxfoundation.org> <20141214201823.978185416@linuxfoundation.org> <20141215154650.GA6542@vader> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20141215154650.GA6542@vader> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 10:46:50AM -0500, Josh Boyer wrote: > On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 12:21:26PM -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > >3.18-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. > > > >------------------ > > > >From: Al Viro > > > >commit 946e51f2bf37f1656916eb75bd0742ba33983c28 upstream. > > > >Signed-off-by: Al Viro > >Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman > > I noticed you don't have this (and the child commit) queued for 3.17.y. That is because: > The backport wasn't exactly straight-forward because of the d_external > stuff, but I took a swing at it. After that, the other commit was a > quick cherry-pick. It wasn't a "simple" backport, and I didn't have the time. I'm also going to drop 3.17 real-soon-now. > Al, does the below look correct for a backport on top of 3.17.6? It > builds, but I haven't tested it yet. Testing would be great to do :) thanks, greg k-h