From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.90_1) id 1mLmpU-0006s2-Gt for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Sep 2021 09:32:32 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:48080) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mLmpQ-0006pt-JI for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Sep 2021 09:32:29 -0400 Received: from dibed.net-space.pl ([84.10.22.86]:37318) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:192) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mLmpD-0003u5-FL for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Sep 2021 09:32:22 -0400 Received: from router-fw.i.net-space.pl ([192.168.52.1]:50448 "EHLO tomti.i.net-space.pl") by router-fw-old.i.net-space.pl with ESMTP id S1966956AbhIBNcA (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Sep 2021 15:32:00 +0200 X-Comment: RFC 2476 MSA function at dibed.net-space.pl logged sender identity as: dkiper Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2021 15:31:57 +0200 From: Daniel Kiper To: Erwan Velu Cc: Carlos Maiolino , grub-devel@gnu.org, Erwan Velu , javierm@redhat.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs/xfs: Avoid unreadble filesystem if V4 superblock Message-ID: <20210902133157.wkfxggpnz34p2bx2@tomti.i.net-space.pl> References: <20210826132616.dhhiwdowapcolrdr@omega.lan> <20210830114850.kemzuknbe4nwzkip@omega.lan> <20210901124057.qqmqkjh7k3dkgnsv@tomti.i.net-space.pl> <20210902085649.zucibvxhnez2meys@omega.lan> <20210902113358.hk4d52v3dowkgwt3@tomti.i.net-space.pl> <20210902124912.ry56gkykav5yd5tf@tomti.i.net-space.pl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: NeoMutt/20170113 (1.7.2) Received-SPF: pass client-ip=84.10.22.86; envelope-from=dkiper@net-space.pl; helo=dibed.net-space.pl X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2021 13:32:30 -0000 On Thu, Sep 02, 2021 at 03:05:13PM +0200, Erwan Velu wrote: > [...] > Nope... > > I'm pretty new at contributing to see project but I really wonder what's the > rational being this. > I mean, 2.06 is very recent, debuting its life cycle and its now known as > totally broken on XFS V4 and we have here a very simple patch. > How can we prevent users from installing this release ? > Can't we get a point release or even maybe a 2.07 and a statement reporting > that 2.06 is not suitable for XFS v4 based system. > I'm very uncomfortable knowing the release is broken on some config (including > mine) and new people will be caught in the same trap. > Sorry to ask maybe a question that got asked zillion times, but that sounds > important to me that we can project users that didn't reboot yet with this > release. Making a release is a big hassle for the project right now. I hope it will change in the future but it is what it is. I think distros will take this patch immediately. If that helps I can announce here in separate thread when patch lands in the git repository. Daniel