From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:33818 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932316AbdJJSKl (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Oct 2017 14:10:41 -0400 Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 20:10:49 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Theodore Ts'o Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [FOR STABLE] ext4: in ext4_seek_{hole,data}, return -ENXIO for negative offsets Message-ID: <20171010181049.GI747@kroah.com> References: <20171008040632.5by5r5seyajwdp3z@thunk.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20171008040632.5by5r5seyajwdp3z@thunk.org> Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sun, Oct 08, 2017 at 12:06:33AM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > The upstream commit: > > 1bd8d6cd3e41: ext4: in ext4_seek_{hole,data}, return -ENXIO for negative offsets > > has not landed in 4.9 yet, probably because it only recently hit > upstream (during the 4.14 merge window). The upstream commit will > automatically apply for 4.9 and newer kernels. No, it fails to apply to 4.9: Applying patch ext4-in-ext4_seek_-hole-data-return-enxio-for-negative-offsets.patch patching file fs/ext4/file.c Hunk #1 succeeded at 590 (offset -5 lines). Hunk #2 FAILED at 658. 1 out of 2 hunks FAILED -- rejects in file fs/ext4/file.c Can you provide a backport? thanks, greg k-h