ACK: [SRU][H][PATCH 0/1] Fix aufs build on 5.11 kernels (LP#1958228)

[Luke Nowakowski-Krijger]

On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 2:53 AM Kleber Sacilotto de Souza <
kleber.souza at canonical.com> wrote:

> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1958228
>
> [ Impact ]
> Commit 35e8d405b009 "fs: export an inode_update_time helper" (upstream
> commit
> e60feb445fce9e51c1558a6aa7faf9dd5ded533b), applied to hirsure:linux via
> upstream
> stable broke the build of aufs. The function 'update_time()' is used by
> aufs and
> was exported before by a SAUCE patch (0d3312035010 "UBUNTU: SAUCE: Import
> aufs
> driver").
>
> [ Fix ]
> The proposed fix is to patch aufs to use the new function name. There is no
> functional change.
>
> [ Test ]
> Build a 5.11 kernel with AUFS enabled.
>
> [ Where problems could occur ]
> By keeping the new function name, if any other internal or external module
> is
> using 'update_time()' their build will also fail. This will need to be
> addressed
> case-by-case.
>
> J. R. Okajima (1):
>   UBUNTU: SAUCE: aufs: v5.16-rc1, use inode_update_time helper
>
>  fs/aufs/vfsub.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
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Acked-by: Luke Nowakowski-Krijger <luke.nowakowskikrijger at canonical.com>

- Luke
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