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 28D7E3A7F60 for ; Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:02:03 +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=1774954924; cv=none; b=b9FFPcMTxONL/zAqD0kllHPtO6buLt6vhZHYK1GGqHFtIbUEKL3GovRJjx3kBdVAI+gaRO6AVf9vgBOUriZvWmDDzbgBv5bf3+yV9Kcyxg2149X/FdeC4AMDvMQ1NBGdMZpoN/qVew3dDGfUg/bi21yk5aCTDmvDtdq1G8vFtfw= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1774954924; c=relaxed/simple; bh=1HFO7+Slb1xqlwIb4xFhg2hJWiRbSt/TuGoyy9ORYVg=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=JfWB+Z1SYw/nHgfA1nGUrr6F1S69RF8Fa5ZkLcesMwJrGGjnCzwvnlZY9vVJAgk1IVcxmInAPbI876Bbhd9w/3maWqKQziZdAxP6Yfk4tRvTaAlceQ9Q+QxudyRHmUdFf1HdhYIQpeMXFGLuKM/8TToSqatZcsy3YCgbgXKDLjw= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=JdrhLM2J; 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="JdrhLM2J" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 60DA1C19423; Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:02:03 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1774954923; bh=1HFO7+Slb1xqlwIb4xFhg2hJWiRbSt/TuGoyy9ORYVg=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=JdrhLM2Jf4sKrfjWdXHDq4ftV/YUosEPclu2TUAhtSTqW+uiEL3kdRklXIVEblQlC CBx/TNvgrUB9HCpA+MbVojYrVOxYpSU2ewv0h9jJ9qMGMwdPqxagJpi43aZXZ8JQRp Tp04GHmUcd8VKR+YuxUJY5XvyvNvdg6oC3yGl77M= Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:02:00 +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: <2026033156-delicious-bagful-4526@gregkh> References: <2026033031-backpack-decorator-faaa@gregkh> <2026033023-reawake-mutation-b00a@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 05:25:46PM +0200, Amir Goldstein wrote: > On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 4:52 PM Greg KH wrote: > > > > 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 > > > > Very well, I will keep that in mind. > For now, going with "Option 2": > > Please apply > 50e638beb67e0 ("ovl: Use str_on_off() helper in ovl_show_options()") > to 6.12.y. It is a trivial cleanup patch and it will allow a clean apply of > $SUBJECT fix to 6.12.y. That worked, thanks! greg k-h