linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.7 146/186] floppy: fix open(O

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Date:   Wed, 24 Aug 2016 23:11:21 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
cc:     Mark Hounschell <markh@...pro.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Wim Osterholt <wim@....tudelft.nl>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.7 146/186] floppy: fix open(O_ACCMODE) for ioctl-only
 open

On Wed, 24 Aug 2016, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:

> > I have a problem with this patch. It only fixes one of the regressions
> > caused by the original change to the floppy driver. It does not address the
> > user land breakage of removing the NODELAY flag checks.
> 
> Does the same problem also happen in Linus's tree?  If not, any hints on
> the patch that might have fixed it there?

That's still an unresolved issue, and it's on my list to things to look 
into.

This particular patch though fixes a different issue, and should be 
applied to -stable.

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs