Re: [PATCH 0/6] ocfs2: fix stale xattr entry pointers and empty header reads

[Joseph Qi]

On 10/25/26 1:37 AM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Oct 2026 23:10:06 +0800 Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Five defects in the ocfs2 extended attribute code, plus one robustness
>> measure that belongs with them, all on the paths that move entries
>> between a block, a bucket and an index tree.  They fall into two groups.
>>
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> The series is a little awkward - [1/6] is "no functional change" hence
> it's upstream-in-7.5-rc1 material.
> 
> The other 5 are cc:stable fixes, so they're upstream-in-7.4-rcX material.
> 
> That means splitting the series and it means upstreaming an untested
> code combination - 2-5 haven't been tested without the presence of
> [1/6].
> 
> I think I'll just cheat a bit.  I'll keep all 6 together and I'll put
> them in mm-nonmm-unstable for now.  After Linus releases 7.4-rc1 I'll
> move all 6 into mm-nonmm-hotfixes-unstable for upstreaming during the
> 7.4-rcX cycle.
> 
> I'll add 
> 
> Fixes: e39baff18b85 ("ocfs2: use the stored hash when checking xattr bucket collision")
> 
> to [1/6] just to make things look better and to reduce the risk
> associated with -stable running that untested code combination.

Keeping all six together works fine for me, thanks.

Joseph