Re: [PATCH 4.19 07/29] ext4: dont remount read-only with errors=continue on reboot

From: greg@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu Jan 07 2021 - 07:16:39 EST


On Thu, Jan 07, 2021 at 11:39:14AM +0000, Partha Nayak wrote:
> Hi Greg / Linux community
>
> I was going through the patch details: https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg436529.html .
>
> In our case the superblock for EXT4 is configured to trigger a kernel panic . But inspite of that the file system was mounted as read-only . We are on 4.19.12 .

4.19.12 is _VERY_ old and obsolete and totally insecure and is not
supported by the community, it was released over two years ago.

Why not apply the patch you link here and see if it solves your issue?

Or, better yet, move to 4.19.165, or 5.10.y? What prevents you from
doing that?

good luck!

greg k-h