Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] reiserfs: fix extended attributes on the root directory" failed to apply to 4.9-stable tree

[Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>]

On Sun, Dec 15, 2019 at 06:15:19PM +0100, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
>
>The patch below does not apply to the 4.9-stable tree.
>If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
>tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
>id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.
>
>thanks,
>
>greg k-h
>
>------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
>
>From 60e4cf67a582d64f07713eda5fcc8ccdaf7833e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>From: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>
>Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 10:31:27 -0400
>Subject: [PATCH] reiserfs: fix extended attributes on the root directory
>
>Since commit d0a5b995a308 (vfs: Add IOP_XATTR inode operations flag)
>extended attributes haven't worked on the root directory in reiserfs.
>
>This is due to reiserfs conditionally setting the sb->s_xattrs handler
>array depending on whether it located or create the internal privroot
>directory.  It necessarily does this after the root inode is already
>read in.  The IOP_XATTR flag is set during inode initialization, so
>it never gets set on the root directory.
>
>This commit unconditionally assigns sb->s_xattrs and clears IOP_XATTR on
>internal inodes.  The old return values due to the conditional assignment
>are handled via open_xa_root, which now returns EOPNOTSUPP as the VFS
>would have done.
>
>Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191024143127.17509-1-jeffm@suse.com
>CC: stable@vger.kernel.org
>Fixes: d0a5b995a308 ("vfs: Add IOP_XATTR inode operations flag")
>Signed-off-by: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>
>Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>

Just a simple conflict due to bc98a42c1f7d ("VFS: Convert sb->s_flags &
MS_RDONLY to sb_rdonly(sb)"). Fixed and queued up. 

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Thanks,
Sasha