Re: [PATCH stable 6.11.y] netfs: reset subreq->iov_iter before netfs_clear_unread() tail clean

[Greg KH]

On Sun, Oct 27, 2024 at 12:43:15PM +0100, Christian Ebner wrote:
> Fixes file corruption issues when reading contents via ceph client.
> 
> Call netfs_reset_subreq_iter() to align subreq->io_iter before
> calling netfs_clear_unread() to clear tail, as subreq->io_iter count
> and subreq->transferred might not be aligned after incomplete I/O,
> having the subreq's NETFS_SREQ_CLEAR_TAIL set.
> 
> Based on ee4cdf7b ("netfs: Speed up buffered reading"), which
> introduces a fix for the issue in mainline.
> 
> Fixes: 92b6cc5d ("netfs: Add iov_iters to (sub)requests to describe various buffers")
> Closes: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=219237
> Signed-off-by: Christian Ebner <c.ebner@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Sending this patch in an attempt to backport the fix introduced by
> commit ee4cdf7b ("netfs: Speed up buffered reading"), which however
> can not be cherry picked for older kernels, as the patch is not
> independent from other commits and touches a lot of unrelated (to
> the fix) code.

We would much rather take the original series of commits, what exactly
are they here?

thanks,

greg k-h