[lvc-project] [PATCH 5.10 0/2] mm/truncate: fix issue in ext4_set_page_dirty()

[Fedor Pchelkin]

On 24/01/12 01:41PM, Roman Smirnov wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 19:13:04 +0300, Fedor Pchelkin wrote: 
...
> 
> > In case of not obvious patches and changes, please first send patches to
> > lvc-patches at linuxtesting.org before sending to lkml. It's always better
> > when someone else cross-reviews the patches and points at potential
> > mistypes, missing details, etc.
> 
> At this point should I send the patches to lvc-patches at linuxtesting.org?
> 

Not necessarily, it's just an option if somebody wants the patches to be
cross-reviewed before sending them out to lkml. It may be helpful when the
bugs are not trivial.

This mailing list can also be a discussion place for patches if email
interface is more preferable than Gitlab.

> > Also, as Matthew pointed out in lkml, in this case it's not obvious why
> > these mm/truncate patches fix the ext4 problem reported by Syzkaller.
> > These patches weren't originally intended to fix the ext4 bug (there is
> > no bug report or similar in the commit descriptions). So some
> > explanation is needed why they should fix that.
> 
> I have realized my mistake. Thanks for the reply. I will get to work on
> the explanation now.

No problem. There are many subtleties in backporting process. Thank you
for working on this ext4 bug!