linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] block: Fix use-after-free in blkdev

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Message-ID: <2ee6f2f7-eaec-e748-bead-0ad59f4c378b@web.de>
Date:   Fri, 5 Jun 2020 12:56:45 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Jason Yan <yanaijie@...wei.com>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     hulkci@...wei.com, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] block: Fix use-after-free in blkdev_get()

> A lot of maintainers have blocked Markus and asked him to stop trying
> to help people write commit message.

I am trying to contribute a bit of patch review as usual.


> Saying "bdev" instead of "block device" is more clear

I find this view interesting.


> so your original message was better.

Does this feedback include reported spelling mistakes?


> The Fixes tag is a good idea though:
>
> Fixes: 89e524c04fa9 ("loop: Fix mount(2) failure due to race with LOOP_SET_FD")

Thanks for your addition.

Regards,
Markus