linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] storvsc: do not assume SG list is continuous when doing bounce buffers (for 4.1 stable only)

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Date:   Mon, 21 Aug 2017 23:28:41 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Long Li <longli@...hange.microsoft.com>
Cc:     "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <JBottomley@...n.com>,
        devel@...uxdriverproject.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Long Li <longli@...rosoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] storvsc: do not assume SG list is continuous when doing
 bounce buffers (for 4.1 stable only)

Wouldn't it make sense to backport the changes to set the virt_boundary
(which probably still is the SG_GAPS flag in such an old kernel)?