linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][RFC] Fix breakage in ffs_fs

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Date:	Sat, 21 Sep 2013 15:51:26 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>
Cc:	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] Fix breakage in ffs_fs_mount()

On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 01:10:48AM +0200, Michal Nazarewicz wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 20 2013, Al Viro wrote:
> > 	There's a bunch of failure exits in ffs_fs_mount() with
> > seriously broken recovery logics.  Most of that appears to stem
> > from misunderstanding of the ->kill_sb() semantics;
> 
> That sounds likely.
> 
> [???]
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
> 
> Acked-by: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>

Umm...  Which tree should that go through?  I can put it in vfs.git, of
course, but it's local to drivers/usb/gadget, so a usb tree might be
a better fit...  It's -stable fodder, all way back to linux-3.3.y.
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