linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3.9-stable] jfs: Several bugs in jfs_freeze() and jfs

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Message-ID: <20130605201444.GA13713@kroah.com>
Date:	Wed, 5 Jun 2013 13:14:44 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Dave Kleikamp <dave.kleikamp@...cle.com>
Cc:	Jonghwan Choi <jhbird.choi@...sung.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	'Vahram Martirosyan' <vahram.martirosyan@...uxtesting.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.9-stable]  jfs: Several bugs in jfs_freeze() and
 jfs_unfreeze()

On Wed, Jun 05, 2013 at 08:27:42AM -0500, Dave Kleikamp wrote:
> On 06/03/2013 09:15 PM, Jonghwan Choi wrote:
> > This patch looks like it should be in the 3.9-stable tree, should we apply
> > it?
> 
> I'm kind of on the fence on this one. I believe the failure here was
> triggered by induced errors to check the error paths. I'm not aware of a
> real-world crash due to the problem being fixed here. Of course, it's
> possible, but I don't think it's very likely.

Thanks for letting us know, I'll not apply it.

greg k-h
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