linux-kernel - Re: [ 094/127] md: make sure metadata is updated when spares are activated or removed.

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Date:	Sat, 29 Sep 2012 00:51:04 +0200
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [ 094/127] md: make sure metadata is updated when spares are
 activated or removed.

On Fri, 2012-09-28 at 13:34 -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 3.0-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> 
> ------------------
> 
> From: NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
> 
> commit 6dafab6b1383e912cd252fa809570b484eb6e0dc upstream.
[...]
> This is suitable for -stable as out-of-data metadata could lead
> to data corruption.
> This is only relevant for 3.3 and later 9when 'replacement' as
> introduced.
[...]

Assuming Neil hasn't changed his mind about this, it should therefore
not be applied to 3.0.

Ben.

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