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Subject: Re: [PATCH] nfsd: fix race between cache_clean and cache_purge
To:     Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
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From:   Yihao Wu <wuyihao@linux.alibaba.com>
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Date:   Tue, 24 Mar 2020 22:28:49 +0800
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On 2020/3/24 10:18 PM, Chuck Lever wrote:
>> Fixes: 471a930ad7d1(SUNRPC: Drop all entries from cache_detail when cache_purge())
>> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org #v4.11+
> Yihao, I couldn't get this patch to apply to kernels before v5.0.
> 
> I don't think we need both a Fixes tag and a Cc: stable, because
> stable maintainers will try to apply this patch to any kernel that
> has 471a930, and ignore the failures.
> 
> So if I apply your fix, I'm going to drop the Cc: stable tag.
> 
> 

OK. And thanks for reviewing and reminding me this, Chuck.

Yihao Wu