NACK: [PATCH][HIRSUTE][FOCAL] Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: ext4: fix directory index node split corruption"

[Danilo Krummrich]

On Tue, Sep 07, 2021 at 06:07:40AM -0600, Tim Gardner wrote:
> Since all of the bugs referenced in this report are already 'Fix Released',
> I think you should create a new bug to track this specific change in case it
> causes a regression.
I just noticed that this SAUCE patch does not serve a purpose anymore, hence
there is no need to carry it further and it can be removed. I don't think it
causes a regression though. Given this information, please let me know whether
creating a bug to follow up makes any sense for you.

Danilo
> 
> rtg
> 
> On 9/6/21 6:38 PM, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
> > In order to address https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1933074 the following
> > SAUCE patch was introduced.
> > 
> > Colin Ian King (1):
> >    UBUNTU: SAUCE: ext4: fix directory index node split corruption
> > 
> >   fs/ext4/namei.c | 12 +++++++-----
> >   1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > 
> > Meanwhile the addressed issue was fixed upstream with commit 877ba3f729fd
> > ("ext4: fix potential htree corruption when growing large_dir directories").
> > 
> > This patch was already cherry-picked to hirsute with "upstream stable patchset
> > 2021-08-30" [1] (commit ffcc845ec245) and focal with "v5.4.140 upstream stable
> > release" [2] (commit 93ad4c3f59c6).
> > 
> > [1] BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1942123
> > [2] BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1941798
> > 
> > Therefore the original SAUCE patch can be either dropped or reverted.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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> Tim Gardner
> Canonical, Inc