From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752392Ab0I0FCF (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Sep 2010 01:02:05 -0400 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([18.85.46.34]:39514 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751557Ab0I0FCE (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Sep 2010 01:02:04 -0400 Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 01:02:00 -0400 From: Kyle McMartin To: Jens Axboe Cc: Kyle McMartin , Adrian Hunter , linux-kernel Mailing List , stable@kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: prevent merges of discard and write requests Message-ID: <20100927050200.GS13116@bombadil.infradead.org> References: <1285411002-22924-1-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@nokia.com> <4C9DD1B0.9020902@kernel.dk> <20100927033030.GR13116@bombadil.infradead.org> <4CA024C8.3000203@kernel.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4CA024C8.3000203@kernel.dk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-08-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 01:59:52PM +0900, Jens Axboe wrote: > > Jens, is this (the REQ_DISCARD hunk) required for stable as well? It > > appears there's not much change relating to merging requests between > > HEAD and v2.6.35, so I assume it is? > > No, 2.6.35 and earlier is safe, it's only 2.6.36-rc that is > affected by this bug. > Groovy! Thanks for the quick reply. --Kyle