Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 3 Apr 2024 19:54:28 +0200 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [v5.15 Regression] block: rename GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN to GENHD_FL_NO_PART |
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On Wed, Apr 03, 2024 at 01:50:09PM -0400, Joseph Salisbury wrote: > Hi Christoph, > > A kernel bug report was opened against Ubuntu [0]. This bug is a regression > introduced in mainline version v5.17-rc1 and made it's way into v5.15 stable > updates. > > The following commit was identified as the cause of the regression in 5.15: > > c6ce1c5dd327 ("block: rename GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN to GENHD_FL_NO_PART")
How is renaming a define a "regression"?
> I was hoping to get your feedback, since you are the patch author. Is the > best approach to revert this commit, since many third parties rely on the > name being GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN in kernel headers?
External kernel modules are never an issue. Is this a userspace thing?
> Is there a specific need that you know of that requires this commit > in the 5.15 and earlier stable kernels?
Yes. And Christoph did not do the backport, so I doubt he cares :)
Again, what in-kernel issue is caused by this?
thanks,
greg k-h
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