FAILED: patch "[PATCH] dax: fix wrong error code returned from dax_dedupe_file_range_compare()" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree

[Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.6-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 <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

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-6.6.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 9b036546a02c6c9a5133f9c1e93503896595c6ba
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '20261107053640-failed-6.6-9b036546a02c@kernel.org' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.6.y' 'HEAD^..'

Thanks,
Sasha

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 9b036546a02c6c9a5133f9c1e93503896595c6ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jianyun Gao <jianyungao89@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:34:25 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] dax: fix wrong error code returned from
 dax_dedupe_file_range_compare()

When dax_range_compare_iter() returns a negative error code (e.g. -EIO),
dax_dedupe_file_range_compare() incorrectly returns 'ret' which holds the
positive return value from iomap_iter() indicating more iterations remain.
This positive value leaks to the caller, where vfs_dedupe_file_range()
interprets it as success (bytes_deduped = len), causing userspace to
incorrectly believe deduplication completed.

Return 'status' instead to propagate the actual error code.

Fixes: 0e79e3736d54 ("fsdax: dedupe: iter two files at the same time")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jianyun Gao <jianyungao89@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261015143426.17620-1-jianyungao89@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@intel.com>
---
 fs/dax.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
index dbb58692efecf..61dce4601aaa5 100644
--- a/fs/dax.c
+++ b/fs/dax.c
@@ -2266,7 +2266,7 @@ int dax_dedupe_file_range_compare(struct inode *src, loff_t srcoff,
 		status = dax_range_compare_iter(&src_iter, &dst_iter,
 				min(src_iter.len, dst_iter.len), same);
 		if (status < 0)
-			return ret;
+			return status;
 		src_iter.status = dst_iter.status = status;
 	}
 	return ret;
-- 
2.53.0