linux-kernel - Re: [stable] [PATCH 000 of 2] md: Fixes for md in 2.6.23

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Message-ID: <20071114034325.GA25558@kroah.com>
Date:	Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:43:25 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Cc:	NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-raid@...r.kernel.org, M@...e.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Stable <stable@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH 000 of 2] md: Fixes for md in 2.6.23

On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 08:36:05PM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Nov 13, 2007 5:23 PM, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 04:22:14PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 05:15:27PM +1000, NeilBrown wrote:
> > > >
> > > > It appears that a couple of bugs slipped in to md for 2.6.23.
> > > > These two patches fix them and are appropriate for 2.6.23.y as well
> > > > as 2.6.24-rcX
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > NeilBrown
> > > >
> > > >  [PATCH 001 of 2] md: Fix an unsigned compare to allow creation of bitmaps with v1.0 metadata.
> > > >  [PATCH 002 of 2] md: raid5: fix clearing of biofill operations
> > >
> > > I don't see these patches in 2.6.24-rcX, are they there under some other
> > > subject?
> >
> > Oh nevermind, I found them, sorry for the noise...
> >
> 
> Careful, it looks like you cherry picked commit 4ae3f847 "md: raid5:
> fix clearing of biofill operations" which ended up misapplied in
> Linus' tree,  You should either also pick up def6ae26 "md: fix
> misapplied patch in raid5.c" or I can resend the original "raid5: fix
> clearing of biofill operations."
> 
> The other patch for -stable "raid5: fix unending write sequence" is
> currently in -mm.

Hm, I've attached the two patches that I have right now in the -stable
tree so far (still have over 100 patches to go, so I might not have
gotten to them yet if you have sent them).  These were sent to me by
Andrew on their way to Linus.  if I should drop either one, or add
another one, please let me know.

thanks,

greg k-h

View attachment "md-fix-an-unsigned-compare-to-allow-creation-of-bitmaps-with-v1.0-metadata.patch" of type "text/x-patch" (1263 bytes)

View attachment "md-raid5-fix-clearing-of-biofill-operations.patch" of type "text/x-patch" (2401 bytes)