Re: [PATCH 72/78] 9p: Lock directory streams with a CoMutex

[Christian Schoenebeck]

On Mittwoch, 17. Juni 2020 00:46:26 CEST Michael Roth wrote:
> > > Indeed, for that particular stable branch I would see the following 9p
> > > fixes as additional candidates (chronologically top down):
> > > 
> > > 841b8d099c [trivial] 9pfs: local: Fix possible memory leak in
> > > local_link()
> > > 846cf408a4 [maybe] 9p: local: always return -1 on error in
> > > local_unlinkat_common 9580d60e66 [maybe] virtio-9p-device: fix memleak
> > > in virtio_9p_device_unrealize 659f195328 [trivial] 9p/proxy: Fix
> > > export_flags
> > > a5804fcf7b [maybe] 9pfs: local: ignore O_NOATIME if we don't have
> > > permissions 03556ea920 [trivial] 9pfs: include linux/limits.h for
> > > XATTR_SIZE_MAX a4c4d46272 [recommended] xen/9pfs: yield when there
> > > isn't enough room on the ring
> > > 
> > > What do you think Greg?
> > 
> > AFAIK, only regressions and fixes to severe bugs (QEMU crashes, hangs,
> > CVEs) go to stable QEMU releases. It doesn't seem to be the case for any
> > of the commits listed above but I had only a quick look.
> 
> That's the main focus, but if memory leaks and other minor fixes get tagged
> for stable I'll generally pull those in as well if the backport is fairly
> straightforward. As that was the case with the patches above I went
> ahead and pull those in.
> 
> > > What's the recommended way for me to keep track of imminent stable
> > > picks/
> > > freezes in future?
> > 
> > Hmm good question. I'm usually notified when Michael posts the patch
> > round-up and a 9p patch is already in the list, like for the present
> > patch. Other than that I watch qemu-stable from time to time or the
> > planning pages in the wiki.
> > 
> > Michael, anything better to suggest to Christian ?
> 
> I think that about covers it. You can also subscribe to the planning
> pages, e.g. https://wiki.qemu.org/Planning/5.0 (by clicking the
> star/"add to watchlist" icon), then you'll get notifications when
> additional release/freeze dates are added. Generally it will be updated
> shortly before the patch round-up gets posted to qemu-stable.

Good idea! Will do that.

Thanks Michael!

Best regards,
Christian Schoenebeck