ACK: [SRU][N:linux-azure][PATCH 0/1] azure: backport "smb: client: fix cifs_pick_channel when channel needs reconnect"

[Abdur Rahman]

On 2/4/26 11:45 AM, Vinicius Peixoto wrote:
> BugLink: https://launchpad.net/bugs/2140351
>
> [Impact]
>
> Some Ubuntu Azure kernels are missing an important SMB bugfix related to multichannel support, namely
> 79280191c2fd ("smb: client: fix cifs_pick_channel when channel needs reconnect"). This can potentially cause issues for users on Azure.
>
> [Fix]
>
> Backport the fix commit to all kernels that contain c43a8ac396d ("cifs: cifs_pick_channel should try selecting active channels"):
>
> Questing: patch already pulled through stable updates
> Noble: simple cherry-pick
>
> [Test plan]
>
> Build tested only; the Azure Files team will perform the validation on their side.
>
> [Where problems could occur]
>
> This change is very small (a one-line change) and has little regression potential, but could cause issues for users that rely on SMB multichannel features.
>
> [Other info]
> SF #00426409
>
> Henrique Carvalho (1):
>    smb: client: fix cifs_pick_channel when channel needs reconnect
>
>   fs/smb/client/transport.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
Acked-by: Abdur Rahman <abdur.rahman at canonical.com>