linux-kernel - Re: [4.4,50/97] ext4: add validity checks for bitmap block numbers -- regression?

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Date:   Mon, 23 Apr 2018 16:22:22 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@...il.com>
Cc:     Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>, Wen Xu <wen.xu@...ech.edu>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [4.4,50/97] ext4: add validity checks for bitmap block numbers
 -- regression?

On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 04:15:20PM +0200, Ilya Dryomov wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> Commit 7dac4a1726a9 ("ext4: add validity checks for bitmap block
> numbers") seems to be the cause of the regression reported here:
> 
>   https://marc.info/?l=linux-ext4&m=152416385122029&w=2
> 
> ext4 folks are probably busy at LSF, so no reply yet.  Should this
> commit be held until we get word from Ted?

It's already been removed from all of the stable queues and a -rc2
pushed out for every tree.  Happened earlier this morning, my timezone
:)

thanks,

greg k-h