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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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On Sun, Mar 29, 2026 at 03:44:22PM +0800, Changjian Liu wrote:
> [ Upstream commit e1c70505ee8158c1108340d9cd67182ade93af4a ]
> 
> ocfs2: add extra consistency checks for chain allocator dinodes

Your subject line is very odd.

And why just this one branch?  What is the reason to do this here?

We obviously can not take a fix for only an older branch but not a newer
one, otherwise you would have a regression when you update to a newer
kernel release, right?

thanks,

greg k-h