From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from casper.infradead.org (casper.infradead.org [90.155.50.34]) (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 06F363DA7EB; Mon, 9 Mar 2026 15:38:25 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=90.155.50.34 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1773070707; cv=none; b=bxo6jV8BvyZJL0M4iZlsvCxLMAdVc3U6GruoOVKwtxAgkwjbSYBXUgk50z6UdRE41d6U+DL1Dgj7k2BTPUyRpzrwunw0s4/j8J1KTR7FO5b1AP0c7p6WFhVBR0xM7x6hrnZhFTJhkMrLQ6IxiRIRRiHemYcYc3W5p0vz3E/cxqc= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1773070707; c=relaxed/simple; bh=/5ynGWICZzQDBA7TvuJ43IB5Zbq1ElgWFH1QlBBPyro=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=hsPOsBaMuaxnpL8DzB5kQYyM1a5VsNVYRUPyZIPezgDcjTJuxjlrc+r3cbWnplDXWVZKXSh0devyCru/WvlcbO1TaMHpz7/m/mIxACCtsPnJAqo9IRIE668wutxG2mOrvuVWiS2zJRYDdnjptkNn1V9CKt0fhjDDmE1LmX/Q1aI= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=infradead.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=infradead.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=infradead.org header.i=@infradead.org header.b=C2tDBMf9; arc=none smtp.client-ip=90.155.50.34 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=infradead.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=infradead.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=infradead.org header.i=@infradead.org header.b="C2tDBMf9" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infradead.org; s=casper.20170209; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version: References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description; bh=C7sMITIeHcAA5EyDdi31r5Bd3d/PSwOH7dQ59Jw/Kgs=; b=C2tDBMf9ENmojPzH9erp33Q+1i wtrCgv5nt545Xfg52tZYZELno++MtEdy/QJ4xGnXI+iHSNUPU65ikeVnMcquRotvNcIrVU40JeHnq 8NFuy/k1peJmZQy39RejI2RYMMORtP7SMR9HL8DMOv7ZO8T2vzrA/G7GNKiE5xlthuOnrF33FCl6c Wukt6XYIQVDcNKTIZ9WjOGdMSjb6P2fMCUT1qLXR/nshTTXHO3GpgKgB7fN6rvNg6g3/98fGl7qkC 1gyM3or/CqP/D+F3awzG/2udCt3pwVS5w0A74QfGggro28q24FIAcLyplJNZDHwfFzA2RQzz1vKEV KKDxHrRw==; Received: from willy by casper.infradead.org with local (Exim 4.98.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1vzcgZ-00000006ANo-1trr; Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:38:23 +0000 Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 15:38:23 +0000 From: Matthew Wilcox To: Johnny Hao Cc: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, slava@dubeyko.com, vishal.moola@gmail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 6.1.y 0/3] Fix patch backport review Message-ID: References: <20260309050130.912344-1-johnny_haocn@sina.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20260309050130.912344-1-johnny_haocn@sina.com> On Mon, Mar 09, 2026 at 01:01:27PM +0800, Johnny Hao wrote: > This patch series is to backport the fix 736a0516a162 > ("hfs: fix general protection fault in hfs_find_init()") > to 6.1.y and the other 2 patches are its dependence. Please explain why backporting this fix is important. The bug has been present for years and this is not a widely-used filesystem.