From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B271664A for ; Wed, 10 Apr 2024 05:58:50 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1712728730; cv=none; b=T71EhuspYMd6UJm8EXoK1fqOFtG1V/p9Y9PUbmyhGmW+RYxy/dLs5aLkE9ybh12xUFrbUdS9DaXdjWDD3K55U7fkJE72lKyqFasXiBRClzTuQu0bjjP5deA11V4JVRU1EcDLeS2dLiGBkVazKPzm/wIRDFVvzlGk/m7N+jCe1kg= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1712728730; c=relaxed/simple; bh=SalPWVPvjqvzrwox3nf7A0+g+HLyOtaiTZQKkdni9YQ=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=gcRm4QDy1t7gvaQjj0rMUZKMGZ/Zf81+NJIaal3G3Jwwg54meqALtLG0E0hcX3KcUP7zN2LcN08yNFWvypDDpoFyWr4BRZVlu7oZKiA9Zo4eXegmMoQc/iSX5jELIcOAqb9vYkJmDUgRxWVvzuRMQbSVAWDK6SWYSYFtaCHfR30= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=rTINaJM1; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="rTINaJM1" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 93A06C433C7; Wed, 10 Apr 2024 05:58:49 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1712728730; bh=SalPWVPvjqvzrwox3nf7A0+g+HLyOtaiTZQKkdni9YQ=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=rTINaJM1pxjSs4Ndm44SXG0BMGcjsElI3//xRGRwta/eqNosOaEEBR2fz3cz8GMVb D5C2RrAkY4EEv9a51U6bJX0hs5nZh/23uiNBG5V5F1BiY75x2ysR+SBa2TCd90axFb VELBLT7XtCb26a6L0Rll98MCSO8ZEU1RbWz95ZCc= Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 07:58:45 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Steve French Cc: Meetakshi Setiya , stable@vger.kernel.org, Shyam Prasad N , bharathsm@microsoft.com, Shyam Prasad N , Meetakshi Setiya Subject: Re: Requesting backport for fc20c523211 (cifs: fixes for get_inode_info) Message-ID: <2024041021-enactment-filter-6ad9@gregkh> References: <2024040512-koala-landside-7486@gregkh> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 12:51:32AM -0500, Steve French wrote: > On Fri, Apr 5, 2024 at 1:35 AM Greg KH wrote: > > > > On Wed, Apr 03, 2024 at 12:34:43PM +0530, Meetakshi Setiya wrote: > > > commit fc20c523211a38b87fc850a959cb2149e4fd64b0 upstream > > > cifs: fixes for get_inode_info > > > requesting backport to 6.8.x, 6.6.x, 6.5.x and 6.1.x > > > > > > This patch fixes memory leaks, adds error checking, and performs some important > > > code modifications to the changes introduced by patch 2 of this patch series: > > > https://lore.kernel.org/stable/CAFTVevX6=4qFo6nwV14sCnfPRO9yb9q+YsP3XPaHMsP08E05iQ@mail.gmail.com/ > > > commit ffceb7640cbfe6ea60e7769e107451d63a2fe3d3 > > > (smb: client: do not defer close open handles to deleted files) > > > > > > This patch and the three patches in the mails that precede this are related and > > > fix an important customer reported bug on the linux smb client (explained in the > > > mail for patch 1). Patches 2, 3 and 4 are meant to fix whatever regressions were > > > introduced/exposed by patch 1. > > > The patches have to be applied in the mentioned order and should be backported > > > together. > > > > Then PLEASE send this as a patch series, as picking patches out of > > emails that arrive in random order in a "correct" way is tough, if not > > impossible for us to do. > > > > Please send these as a backported set of patches, OR as a list of > > "cherry-pick these git ids in this order" type of thing. But spreading > > it out over 4 emails just does not work, and is very very confusing. > > To make it easier, I recommend we wait a few days on this as there is > one more important fix for this series that was recently found (by Paulo) > and I haven't sent to Linus yet - then can send the complete set > for at least 6.8 and 6.6 stable. Do you prefer a separate email > for the 6.8 version of these, and another for the 6.6 rebased > version of the series - or all as one email? AFAIK she hasn't > rebased for 6.1LTS. If the versions are different, yes, individual series are appreciated. If they are identical, one is fine. thanks, greg k-h