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Date:   Tue, 12 May 2020 13:45:33 +0200
From:   Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To:     Ritesh Harjani <ritesh.list@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: Don't set dioread_nolock by default for blocksize
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On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 01:37:59PM +0530, Ritesh Harjani wrote:
> Hello stable-list,
> 
> I think this subjected patch [1] missed the below fixes tag.
> I guess the subjected patch is only picked for 5.7. And
> AFAIU, this patch will be needed for 5.6 as well.
> 
> Could you please do the needful.
> 
> Fixes: 244adf6426ee31a (ext4: make dioread_nolock the default)
> 
> [1]: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4.git/commit/?h=dev&id=626b035b816b61a7a7b4d2205a6807e2f11a18c1

This patch does not apply to the 5.6 kernel tree at all.  Please provide
a working backport if you wish to see it present there.

thanks,

greg k-h