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✅ All tests passed successfully. No issues detected. No action required from the submitter.
The upstream commit SHA1 provided is correct: df6192f47d2311cf40cd4321cc59863a5853b665
WARNING: Author mismatch between patch and upstream commit: Backport author: Qingfang Dengdqfext@gmail.com Commit author: Ian Kentraven@themaw.net
Status in newer kernel trees: 6.14.y | Present (exact SHA1) 6.12.y | Present (exact SHA1) 6.6.y | Present (exact SHA1) 6.1.y | Present (exact SHA1) 5.15.y | Present (exact SHA1)
Note: The patch differs from the upstream commit: --- 1: df6192f47d231 ! 1: fde730faa2db3 kernfs: dont call d_splice_alias() under kernfs node lock @@ Metadata ## Commit message ## kernfs: dont call d_splice_alias() under kernfs node lock
+ Commit df6192f47d2311cf40cd4321cc59863a5853b665 upstream. + The call to d_splice_alias() in kernfs_iop_lookup() doesn't depend on any kernfs node so there's no reason to hold the kernfs node lock when calling it. @@ fs/kernfs/dir.c: static struct dentry *kernfs_iop_lookup(struct inode *dir, + return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry); }
- static int kernfs_iop_mkdir(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, + static int kernfs_iop_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, ---
Results of testing on various branches:
| Branch | Patch Apply | Build Test | |---------------------------|-------------|------------| | stable/linux-5.15.y | Success | Success |