linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] Revert "affs: use ->kill_sb() to simplify ->put

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Date:	Tue, 29 Apr 2014 15:30:22 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Revert
 "affs: use ->kill_sb() to simplify ->put_super() and failure exits of ->mount()"

On Tue, 29 Apr 2014 21:35:12 +0200 Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be> wrote:

> This reverts commit 842a859db26b70 due to permanent crash issues.
> 
> Sample scenario:
> 
> dd if=/dev/zero of=f1 bs=1M count=1
> losetup -f f1
> mount -t affs -o unknownoption /dev/loop0 mnt1
> -> crash

Thanks for the bug report ;)

> With patch revert:
> "mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0"

But reverting is premature.  With this info Al will presumably fix this up.


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