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sys-kernel/coreos-sources: Add backport of bugfix for #847 for flatcar-3374 #2402

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Users reported a deadlock in ext4 that occurs under loads after kernel 5.15.72. We debugged and found that this issue is also present upstream (6.x) and found a fix. The fix has been validated to fix the issue.

Apply the backport to our kernel sources, so that users can be unblocked from updating.
This will be included in Stable 3374.2.3 with Kernel 5.15.86. Although the upstream stable Kernel 5.15.87 already has the fix, we should stay with 5.15.86 at least for this Stable channel release, to keep a certain degree of stability.

See also flatcar/Flatcar#847, #2315.

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CI: http://jenkins.infra.kinvolk.io:8080/job/container/job/packages_all_arches/1121/cldsv/

  • Changelog entries added in the respective changelog/ directory (user-facing change, bug fix, security fix, update)
  • Inspected CI output for image differences: /boot and /usr size, packages, list files for any missing binaries, kernel modules, config files, kernel modules, etc.

Users reported a deadlock in ext4 that occurs under loads after kernel 5.15.72.
We debugged and found that this issue is also present upstream (6.x) and found
a fix. The fix has been validated to fix the issue, but we're still waiting for
a reponse from the ext4 maintainer.

In the meantime, apply the backport to our kernel sources, so that users can be
unblocked from updating. This will be released to alpha/beta first, and
hopefully by the time it is promoted to stable, the fix will be merged to the
kernel tree and backported to 5.15.
@dongsupark dongsupark marked this pull request as ready for review January 19, 2023 15:35
@dongsupark dongsupark force-pushed the dongsu/ext4-deadlock-fix-3374 branch from b34aa9c to 5a045b9 Compare January 19, 2023 15:36
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CI passed, fixed changelog.

@dongsupark dongsupark merged commit ebce2ff into flatcar-3374 Jan 19, 2023
@dongsupark dongsupark deleted the dongsu/ext4-deadlock-fix-3374 branch January 19, 2023 15:59
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