From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43423C35247 for ; Sun, 26 Jan 2020 18:57:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17DAC20708 for ; Sun, 26 Jan 2020 18:57:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728925AbgAZS5G (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Jan 2020 13:57:06 -0500 Received: from jabberwock.ucw.cz ([46.255.230.98]:51010 "EHLO jabberwock.ucw.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726087AbgAZS5G (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Jan 2020 13:57:06 -0500 Received: by jabberwock.ucw.cz (Postfix, from userid 1017) id 8F44D1C2453; Sun, 26 Jan 2020 19:57:04 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 19:57:03 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, Jonathan Billings , David Howells , Sasha Levin Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.19 325/639] afs: Fix AFS file locking to allow fine grained locks Message-ID: <20200126185703.GB26911@amd> References: <20200124093047.008739095@linuxfoundation.org> <20200124093127.839498079@linuxfoundation.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="K8nIJk4ghYZn606h" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200124093127.839498079@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --K8nIJk4ghYZn606h Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri 2020-01-24 10:28:15, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > From: David Howells >=20 > [ Upstream commit 68ce801ffd82e72d5005ab5458e8b9e59f24d9cc ] >=20 > Fix AFS file locking to allow fine grained locks as some applications, su= ch > as firefox, won't work if they can't take such locks on certain state fil= es > - thereby preventing the use of kAFS to distribute a home directory. >=20 > Note that this cannot be made completely functional as the protocol only > has provision for whole-file locks, so there exists the possibility Is this suitable for -stable? "AFS does not support fine-grained locks" is fine and easy to understand. "AFS pretends it supports locks and hopes for the best for benefit of firefox"... may be good idea for mainline, but I don't think it matches -stable criteria. Best regards, Pavel --=20 (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blo= g.html --K8nIJk4ghYZn606h Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAl4t4P8ACgkQMOfwapXb+vLwFwCfUbbP5RtR+59gSByjFhKJunBx wUQAnj0ugFS44DPkt38iQT3IQFA9QQQo =rQzi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --K8nIJk4ghYZn606h--