On 5/13/25 4:42 AM, Aurélien Couderc wrote: > On Mon, May 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM Chuck Lever <cel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> On 5/12/25 12:44 PM, Aurélien Couderc wrote: >>> Could this patch series - minus the change to the default of 1MB - be >>> promoted to Linux 6.6 LongTermSupport, please? >> >> It has to be merged upstream first. >> >> But, new features are generally not backported to stable. At this time, >> this feature is intended only for future kernels. To be utterly clear, I don't set the rules about what goes into the LTS kernels. > 1. I could argue that this patch series - minus the change to the > default of 1MB - is a "necessary cleanup", removing half broken buffer > size limits > 2. The patch series makes /proc/fs/nfsd/max_block_size usable > > IMO this qualifies the patch series for stable@ I'm not aware of any misbehavior in this area that qualifies as a security issue, a crasher, or a performance regression. Those are the kind of issues that would qualify this series for backport. -- Chuck Lever
