Cmnt: [PATCH 0/3 v2][focal:linux-azure] cifs: On cifs_reconnect, resolve the hostname again

[Tim Gardner]

On 5/27/21 8:37 AM, Guilherme G. Piccoli wrote:
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> On 27/05/2021 11:21, Tim Gardner wrote:
>> v2 - Added an LP BugLink.
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>> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1929831
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>> Microsoft has asked to have commit commit 4e456b30f78c429b183db420e23b26cde7e03a78 applied.
>> A customer is reporting difficulties, though details are quite sparse.
>> The first 2 patches are scaffolding to make the backport simpler.
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>> [Impact]
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>> CIFS reconnects fail.
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>> [Test Plan]
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>> A test kernel made available to Microsoft has been verified to fix the problem.
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>> [Where problems could occur]
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>> This could perturb CIFS connections in new and different ways.
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>> [Other Info]
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>> PPA: https://launchpad.net/~timg-tpi/+archive/ubuntu/cifs-reconnect-sf00309672
>> SF: https://canonical.my.salesforce.com/5004K000005pQNG
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> Hey Tim, the patches look good to me so is the backport.
> The only thing I noticed is that, for patch 2, we have this small fix:
> git.kernel.org/linus/0bf1bafb17df
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> Should we include it here as well? It's unfortunate that this fix
> doesn't contain a Fixes tag, not sure why...
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> Let me know your thoughts - if we're leaving this small fix out, I can
> ACK this series.

Seems like we should include that patch as well. v3 on the way.

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Tim Gardner
Canonical, Inc