linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PATCH] SCSI fixes for 2.6.25-rc8

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Date:	Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:16:14 -0500
From:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
To:	Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@...asas.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] SCSI fixes for 2.6.25-rc8

On Wed, 2008-04-02 at 21:05 +0300, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 01 2008 at 23:36 +0300, James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com> wrote:
> > This patch constitutes three bug fixes (the reversion of the BSG queue
> > fix is the most serious; without it we're getting eventual corruption in
> > systems).  The other two fix error legs or misleading reporting.  The
> > remaining 8 patches are all updates to the mvsas driver which was a late
> > addition at the -rc1 phase, so while they're not truly bug fixes, they
> > are enhancements to make that unreleased driver more roubust for 2.6.25.
> > 
> > The patch is here:
> > 
> > master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-rc-fixes-2.6.git
> > 
> > The short changelog is:
> > 
> > James Bottomley (2):
> >       libsas: Warn if ATA device detected but CONFIG_SCSI_SAS_ATA not set
> >       Revert " fix bsg queue oops with iscsi logout"
> > 
> <snip>
> 
> Does this mean that we still have the iscsi logout bug if used from bsg
> in 2.6.25 kernel? I just want to know what are the out-of-tree patches 
> I will need. Will the proper fix be candidate for the stable releases
> of 2.6.25?

I don't know yet.  The discussion is here:

http://marc.info/?t=120620205200001

James


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