Re: [PATCH 6.1.y] xfs: remove WARN when dquot cache insertion fails
From: Greg KH
Date: Mon Aug 12 2024 - 10:40:28 EST
On Fri, Aug 09, 2024 at 07:26:40AM +0530, Abhinav Jain wrote:
> commit 4b827b3f305d ("xfs: remove WARN when dquot cache insertion fails")
>
> Disk quota cache insertion failure doesn't require this warning as
> the system can still manage and track disk quotas without caching the
> dquot object into memory. The failure doesn't imply any data loss or
> corruption.
>
> Therefore, the WARN_ON in xfs_qm_dqget_cache_insert function is aggressive
> and causes bot noise. I have confirmed there are no conflicts and also
> tested the using the C repro from syzkaller:
> https://syzkaller.appspot.com/text?tag=ReproC&x=15406772280000
>
> Please do let me know if I missed out on anything as it's my first
> backport patch.
You lost all of the ownership and original signed-off-by attributes for
the commit :(
Please work with the xfs developers if they wish to see this backported
or not, that's up to them.
thanks,
greg k-h