On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 12:51:32AM -0500, Steve French wrote:
On Fri, Apr 5, 2024 at 1:35 AM Greg KH gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
On Wed, Apr 03, 2024 at 12:34:43PM +0530, Meetakshi Setiya wrote:
commit fc20c523211a38b87fc850a959cb2149e4fd64b0 upstream cifs: fixes for get_inode_info requesting backport to 6.8.x, 6.6.x, 6.5.x and 6.1.x
This patch fixes memory leaks, adds error checking, and performs some important code modifications to the changes introduced by patch 2 of this patch series: https://lore.kernel.org/stable/CAFTVevX6=4qFo6nwV14sCnfPRO9yb9q+YsP3XPaHMsP0... commit ffceb7640cbfe6ea60e7769e107451d63a2fe3d3 (smb: client: do not defer close open handles to deleted files)
This patch and the three patches in the mails that precede this are related and fix an important customer reported bug on the linux smb client (explained in the mail for patch 1). Patches 2, 3 and 4 are meant to fix whatever regressions were introduced/exposed by patch 1. The patches have to be applied in the mentioned order and should be backported together.
Then PLEASE send this as a patch series, as picking patches out of emails that arrive in random order in a "correct" way is tough, if not impossible for us to do.
Please send these as a backported set of patches, OR as a list of "cherry-pick these git ids in this order" type of thing. But spreading it out over 4 emails just does not work, and is very very confusing.
To make it easier, I recommend we wait a few days on this as there is one more important fix for this series that was recently found (by Paulo) and I haven't sent to Linus yet - then can send the complete set for at least 6.8 and 6.6 stable. Do you prefer a separate email for the 6.8 version of these, and another for the 6.6 rebased version of the series - or all as one email? AFAIK she hasn't rebased for 6.1LTS.
If the versions are different, yes, individual series are appreciated. If they are identical, one is fine.
thanks,
greg k-h