linux-kernel - Re: DM Regression in 4.16-rc1 - read() returns data when it shouldn't

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Date:   Mon, 19 Feb 2018 12:15:32 -0500
From:   Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>
To:     Thorsten Leemhuis <regressions@...mhuis.info>
Cc:     Milan Broz <gmazyland@...il.com>, NeilBrown <neilb@...e.com>,
        device-mapper development <dm-devel@...hat.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: DM Regression in 4.16-rc1 - read() returns data when it shouldn't

On Mon, Feb 19 2018 at  8:44am -0500,
Thorsten Leemhuis <regressions@...mhuis.info> wrote:

> JFYI: This issues is tracked in the regression reports for Linux 4.16
> (http://bit.ly/lnxregrep416 ) with this id:
> 
> Linux-Regression-ID: lr#9e195f
> 
> Please include this line in the comment section of patches that are
> supposed to fix the issue. Please also mention the string once in other
> mailinglist threads or different bug tracking entries if you or someone
> else start to discuss the issue there. By including that string you make
> it a whole lot easier to track where an issue gets discussed and how far
> patches to fix it have made it. For more details on this please see
> here: http://bit.ly/lnxregtrackid
> 
> Thx for your help. Ciao, Thorsten

The fix was already merged by Linus on Friday, see:
git.kernel.org/linus/8dd601fa8317243be887458c49f6c29c2f3d719f

But moving forward I have no interest in sprinkling external metadata
references in Linux commit headers. 

Seems more like you're engineering something that gives you, and
possibly a select few others, meaning but that is make work for all
Linux maintainers.

Mike