APPLIED: [PATCH 0/3 v3] [SRU] [bionic/linux-azure-4.15] CIFS open/close race fixes

[Tim Gardner]

Applied to bionic/azure-4.15-next.

-rtg

On 3/12/21 7:50 AM, Tim Gardner wrote:
> [Impact]
> Microsoft has asked for these 3 patches to be applied to the linux-azure-4.15 kernel.
> The code has changed significantly from 4.15 to 5.6, so the patches are
> quite different then current upstream. Hopefully I've captured the intent
> if not the function in those patches.
> 
> v2 - ran scripts/checkpatch.pl and corrected formatting errors. No logic changes.
> v3 - fix brace alignment in fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
> 
> [1] - Correct corner case where a close operation does not complete.
> [2] - Fix a race when an OPEN is cancelled.
> [3] - Fix a panic when allocating memory when a spinlock is held.
> 
> [Test Case]
> none
> 
> [Potential regression]
> These patches are all intended to accomodate boundary conditions. You shouldn't
> experience any regression under normal use.
> 

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Tim Gardner
Canonical, Inc