On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 4:01 PM Sasha Levin sashal@kernel.org wrote:

Hi,

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This commit has been processed because it contains a "Fixes:" tag, fixing commit: 1da177e4c3f4 Linux-2.6.12-rc2.

The bot has tested the following trees: v4.20.2, v4.19.15, v4.14.93, v4.9.150, v4.4.170, v3.18.132.

v4.20.2: Build OK! v4.19.15: Build OK! v4.14.93: Build OK! v4.9.150: Failed to apply! Possible dependencies: 0460b2a28b4b ("readdir: move compat syscalls from compat.c")

v4.4.170: Failed to apply! Possible dependencies: 0460b2a28b4b ("readdir: move compat syscalls from compat.c") 1f60fbe72749 ("ext4: allow readdir()'s of large empty directories to be interrupted") 63b6df14134d ("give readdir(2)/getdents(2)/etc. uniform exclusion with lseek()")

v3.18.132: Failed to apply! Possible dependencies: 0460b2a28b4b ("readdir: move compat syscalls from compat.c") 1f60fbe72749 ("ext4: allow readdir()'s of large empty directories to be interrupted") 63b6df14134d ("give readdir(2)/getdents(2)/etc. uniform exclusion with lseek()") ac7576f4b1da ("vfs: make first argument of dir_context.actor typed")

How should we proceed with this patch?

Once it's landed, for the older kernels, a manual backport probably makes the most sense, I think.