linux-kernel - Re: [stable] [git patch] libata critical fix

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Date:	Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:26:16 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [stable] [git patch] libata critical fix

On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 12:25:15AM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 
> There is a lingering corruption in sata_mv that took me several days to
> narrow down...  the failure to mask off the lower 16 bits of the S/G
> length was leading to corruption, because this stomped on other
> important bits in that S/G entry.
> 
> This should fix it (stable aka 2.6.23.1 needs this too):

I'm guessing that this is critical enough to do a 2.6.23.1 with this fix
in it right now.  Any objections to that?

thanks,

greg k-h
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