From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753113Ab2JBCwG (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Oct 2012 22:52:06 -0400 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:34464 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751529Ab2JBCwE (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Oct 2012 22:52:04 -0400 Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 12:52:00 +1000 From: NeilBrown To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Ben Hutchings , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk Subject: Re: [ 094/127] md: make sure metadata is updated when spares are activated or removed. Message-ID: <20121002125200.6bf40ac7@notabene.brown> In-Reply-To: <20120928235745.GA11630@kroah.com> References: <20120928203045.835238916@linuxfoundation.org> <20120928203056.912250649@linuxfoundation.org> <1348872664.6858.7.camel@deadeye.wl.decadent.org.uk> <20120928235745.GA11630@kroah.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.10 (GTK+ 2.24.7; x86_64-suse-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/aoERBX9+4dMH98o7gfzXnfj"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --Sig_/aoERBX9+4dMH98o7gfzXnfj Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:57:45 -0700 Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 12:51:04AM +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On Fri, 2012-09-28 at 13:34 -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > 3.0-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me= know. > > >=20 > > > ------------------ > > >=20 > > > From: NeilBrown > > >=20 > > > commit 6dafab6b1383e912cd252fa809570b484eb6e0dc upstream. > > [...] > > > This is suitable for -stable as out-of-data metadata could lead > > > to data corruption. > > > This is only relevant for 3.3 and later 9when 'replacement' as > > > introduced. > > [...] > >=20 > > Assuming Neil hasn't changed his mind about this, it should therefore > > not be applied to 3.0. >=20 > Neil, is this true? >=20 > greg k-h Yes it is true - my bad. I should have realised that when you pointed out that the backport wasn't clean. The patch won't hurt 3.0, but it isn't necessary at all, so best leave it o= ut. Thanks, NeilBrown --Sig_/aoERBX9+4dMH98o7gfzXnfj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) iQIVAwUBUGpW0Tnsnt1WYoG5AQKasA//a3FBfCso9t7vZPvadIgbz4ouOIQQtt1/ U9Q49IoBtci8YGs/1OQvdRFaV2qIL+48nzhJLioAWuArfVgfUx/EcQN8arXAHg/p uIcS25iOYqO5LJsEMhDaxn691iJez+R+CiwGoovSDDXcTKMsEEsatk2Kjb6k3lb9 B43zpk7KdW2tMtoFUQ6OJsP5sJ4M+BQk2OD8BBkqSh3fh9WaJSZSVjN5N5umTTDw gO8qbOiGQx2P6bs6dwz6nPqWmf7tXCXCEOVvlO3LBudSBIBKen5Nl6UieUwroCqD b4O/2fiX/eboYbwp68haPJ2P+bjgayWCpWe4fBWRt/mEMGdMeiQT4gn2s4r9X2LP aYMdRNG7kV+tSaXnGf6CkiYAcfvhAVgN586aYKq/2AnypC7HPdBK0RZiUspdrgG1 zfAkYUZ+zpNlb9qsXc0g6X/vN1msgDZcjpvZPqxjxowlQmmrmFAfOM0srdA/9Llo nkLwecndtglxt0f8sXytprFHGPp4tYDMEd/Iev9FxJZvJfp9i4yOTB6KKR42krH/ jLnbBAhP2pT8toTXjAsiOTW2iIURxUwBPaK4Sd4lB/QYrP4ksPkxH7dyCsMItRkF l5my/1lipt5HSICFR1/dU62o4RzxYTy3D88x5pOD5cuvcKYknoBN/rSkGc3zXRba dR2l07zLxqQ= =JdaT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/aoERBX9+4dMH98o7gfzXnfj--