linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] um: ubd: Fix data corruption

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Message-ID: <20100928225202.GA30352@foursquare.net>
Date:	Tue, 28 Sep 2010 18:52:02 -0400
From:	Chris Frey <cdfrey@...rsquare.net>
To:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jdike@...toit.com,
	user-mode-linux-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	user-mode-linux-user@...ts.sourceforge.net, janjaap@....nl,
	geert@...ux-m68k.org, jaxboe@...ionio.com,
	martin.petersen@...cle.com, adobriyan@...il.com, syzop@...nscan.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] um: ubd: Fix data corruption

On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 12:13:10AM +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> Am Mittwoch 29 September 2010, 00:00:00 schrieb Andrew Morton:
> > This is a workaround, I think?  Do we know what the actual bug is?
> > From the comment it appears to be a regression?
> 
> Yes, it is a workaround.
> For more details please have a look at this post:
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/9/28/245

I'm going to run some tests to see how this works on my end, but in
reading old threads, I found this response from Bram Matthys
that casts some doubt on an older version of this patch.

	http://marc.info/?l=user-mode-linux-user&m=126883932731656&w=2

I've added him to the CC.

- Chris

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