From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Tomasz Kramkowski <tomasz@kramkow.ski>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
Brad Spengler <spender@grsecurity.net>,
Alva Lan <alvalan9@foxmail.com>,
Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "xattr: switch to CLASS(fd)"
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2026 07:32:32 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026040502-remedy-absinthe-a571@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DHKD00A8F4MN.3394SJ86VMD72@kramkow.ski>
On Sat, Apr 04, 2026 at 01:11:57PM +0100, Tomasz Kramkowski wrote:
> On Sat Apr 4, 2026 at 12:22 PM BST, Tomasz Kramkowski wrote:
> > Was asked to send a revert instead of a fix. Previous patch was here:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/stable/20260403230636.344097-1-tomasz@kramkow.ski/
> >
> > Tested via qemu to verify the fix and ensure there were no unexpected
> > consequences.
>
> I should note, however, the backport was intended to fix a specific bug
> in `fremovexattr`, and now that bug is there after the revert.
>
> Shall I just submit a v2 of this with the revert _and_ a new backport?
> Or would you still prefer to just revert and then have attempt #2 at the
> backport separately?
A new backport would be great, as the original was broken, and this
makes it more obvious where things were actually fixed.
thanks,
greg k-h
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-04 11:22 [PATCH] Revert "xattr: switch to CLASS(fd)" Tomasz Kramkowski
2026-04-04 12:11 ` Tomasz Kramkowski
2026-04-05 5:32 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
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