"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shute...@linux.intel.com> writes:
> Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote: >> "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shute...@linux.intel.com> writes: >> >> > Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: >> >> Currently we have few issues with P9_STATS_GEN: >> >> >> >> - We don't try to read st_gen anything except files or directories, but >> >> still set P9_STATS_GEN bit in st_result_mask. It may mislead client: >> >> we present garbage as valid st_gen. >> >> >> >> - If we failed to get valid st_gen with ENOTTY, we ignore error, but >> >> still set P9_STATS_GEN bit in st_result_mask. >> >> >> >> - If we failed to get valid st_gen with any other errno, we fail >> >> getattr altogether. It's excessive: we block valid client use-cases, >> >> like chdir(2) to non-readable directory with execution bit set. >> >> >> >> The patch fixes these issues and cleanup code a bit. >> >> >> >> Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shute...@linux.intel.com> >> >> Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrange <berra...@redhat.com> >> >> Reviewed-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.ku...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> >> > >> > Ping? >> > >> >> I am hoping that this will go to upstream directly without me doing a >> pull request ? Anthony, let me know if this need anything to be done >> from my side > > So? Nobody cares? Unlikely. Your problem is that the "Anthony" route for patches has been dug up, and approximately 95% of the traffic still trying to navigate it fall into its holes and vanish without trace. Recommend to try another route.
