linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] storvsc: do not assume SG list is continuous when doing bounce buffers (for 4.1 stable only)

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Date:   Wed, 23 Aug 2017 11:22:07 -0400
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:     Long Li <longli@...rosoft.com>, KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        "devel\@linuxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
        "linux-scsi\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "stable\@vger.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] storvsc: do not assume SG list is continuous when doing bounce buffers (for 4.1 stable only)

Christoph,

> Ok.  If the stable maintainers are ok with your small fix
> I'm not going to complain too loudly.  But I'm always worried about
> stable trees divering too much from mainline.

The seemingly innocuous transition from SG_GAPS to virt boundary has
caused several data corruption regressions in the distro kernels. So has
the corresponding conversion of storvsc.

As a result, getting the current upstream code into 4.1 would mean
backporting and testing a significant amount of both block layer and
driver code. I don't think it's worth the risk. This patch is simple and
the path of least resistance.

Acked-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@...cle.com>

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Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering