linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/7] libnvdimm/pfn: Fix section-alignment padding

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Message-ID: <b0e54fa8-d693-2f44-f25c-edf4816c0b33@suse.de>
Date:   Wed, 20 Feb 2019 18:19:11 +0100
From:   Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
To:     Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        linux-nvdimm <linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>
Cc:     "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Oliver O'Halloran <oohall@...il.com>,
        Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Vishal L Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] libnvdimm/pfn: Fix section-alignment padding

On 20/02/2019 18:11, Dan Williams wrote:
> Hello valued reviewers, can I plead for a sanity check of at least
> "libnvdimm/pfn: Introduce super-block minimum version requirements"
> and "libnvdimm/pfn: Fix 'start_pad' implementation"? In particular
> Jeff / Johannes this has end user / distro impact in that users may
> lose access to namespaces that are upgraded to v1.3 info-blocks and
> then boot an old kernel. I did not see a way around that sharp edge.

Oh sorry it was on my todo list and then I forgot about it again, I'll
give it a shot tomorrow.

Byte,
	Johannes
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