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

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Message-ID: <20120928235745.GA11630@kroah.com>
Date:	Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:57:45 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
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 Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 12:51:04AM +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> 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.

Neil, is this true?

greg k-h
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