Hi Sasha-

On Jul 10, 2020, at 10:03 AM, Sasha Levin sashal@kernel.org wrote:

Hi

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This commit has been processed because it contains a -stable tag. The stable tag indicates that it's relevant for the following trees: all

The bot has tested the following trees: v5.7.6, v5.4.49, v4.19.130, v4.14.186, v4.9.228, v4.4.228.

v5.7.6: Build OK! v5.4.49: Build OK! v4.19.130: Build OK! v4.14.186: Build OK! v4.9.228: Build OK! v4.4.228: Failed to apply! Possible dependencies: 5d6c31910bc07 ("xattr: Add __vfs_{get,set,remove}xattr helpers") 6b2553918d8b4 ("replace ->follow_link() with new method that could stay in RCU mode") aa80deab33a8f ("namei: page_getlink() and page_follow_link_light() are the same thing") cd3417c8fc950 ("kill free_page_put_link()") ce23e64013348 ("->getxattr(): pass dentry and inode as separate arguments") fceef393a5381 ("switch ->get_link() to delayed_call, kill ->put_link()")

NOTE: The patch will not be queued to stable trees until it is upstream.

How should we proceed with this patch?

I've updated the "cc: stable" tag in my testing branch to include "# v4.9+".

-- Chuck Lever