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 3FD6940DFC8 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:52:48 +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=1774882368; cv=none; b=Lh4gE/KFs5o3rgBkqwh8xLhK4nicm9glP8s5HNIfXXu3xA7Hm8qWfyJQDGvrlXwvWU4wtfHzpU8WpBk8vQj1Ru929bbxikSAzlUluI+Jz6iSsZTy5+WHvUGlu/gbvSOSuecVG0ulnyBHlKSonQ+BsWXARz3/fcqc6uXfBraQF0Q= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1774882368; c=relaxed/simple; bh=yvrVASvtQeZWimBhI5sZuQUgTwAze1R0mu/dDFhRC2I=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=FIgPZiJ7TQpPrEYPDYzisTDgAlr2XZ5Z4/M4C1Sh5ZIgru29MqKCASoZnxUXFjNi8UOIoak/vXSLeRCjNrj7hwZQ+KVzHFLFWQudjuYcdf0Tdw5jJOUiFflPOxIpzfrCNS+0BnlyDVvXP0f8AVoxyUiXnM+M4G8Kic5PLORCMY8= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=MUKA3nIz; 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="MUKA3nIz" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8A2D2C4CEF7; Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:52:47 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1774882368; bh=yvrVASvtQeZWimBhI5sZuQUgTwAze1R0mu/dDFhRC2I=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=MUKA3nIzczxqBBTfsuV0nHU2Roa/l9bAJkcCDu+NxACKQ9ZsAcTAqmh+rYxVppMnB E/guyItb3pj2ePnCXPQ+cF8R8f3+KB8EIHa5juoDtHu1vKhfn54evTJXbk8rd2z+/W L+b2S7ju8ZyRgNi2dGw3kP4dNgfnOdQDw4fEqE1I= Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:52:44 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Amir Goldstein Cc: feilv@asrmicro.com, chenglongtang@google.com, stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ovl: make fsync after metadata copy-up opt-in mount option" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree Message-ID: <2026033023-reawake-mutation-b00a@gregkh> References: <2026033031-backpack-decorator-faaa@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 Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 04:15:48PM +0200, Amir Goldstein wrote: > On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 11:36 AM wrote: > > > > > > The patch below does not apply to the 6.12-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 . > > > > To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands: > > > > git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.12.y > > git checkout FETCH_HEAD > > git cherry-pick -x 1f6ee9be92f8df85a8c9a5a78c20fd39c0c21a95 > > # > > git commit -s > > git send-email --to '' --in-reply-to '2026033031-backpack-decorator-faaa@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.12.y' HEAD^.. > > > > Possible dependencies: > > > > Please apply this dependency patch as described in commit message: > > Depends: 50e638beb67e0 ("ovl: Use str_on_off() helper in ovl_show_options()") > > Should I describe the dependency using a different format in the future for > the scripts to catch it? Yes, please use the way it is documented in: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html thanks, greg k-h