This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
[PATCH 1/2] Revert "md: change mddev 'chunk_sectors' from int to
to the 5.10-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
revert-md-change-mddev-chunk_sectors-from-int-to.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.10 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 76f58e00133501dff1bd0c0f05d786e8fb01fcc8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2020 17:48:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Revert "md: change mddev 'chunk_sectors' from int to
unsigned"
This reverts commit 6ffeb1c3f8226244c08105bcdbeecc04bad6b89a.
It causes problems :(
Reported-by: Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Song Liu <songliubraving@xxxxxx>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/md/md.h | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/md/md.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md.h
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ struct mddev {
int external; /* metadata is
* managed externally */
char metadata_type[17]; /* externally set*/
- unsigned int chunk_sectors;
+ int chunk_sectors;
time64_t ctime, utime;
int level, layout;
char clevel[16];
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ struct mddev {
*/
sector_t reshape_position;
int delta_disks, new_level, new_layout;
- unsigned int new_chunk_sectors;
+ int new_chunk_sectors;
int reshape_backwards;
struct md_thread *thread; /* management thread */
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-5.10/revert-dm-raid-fix-discard-limits-for-raid1-and-raid10.patch
queue-5.10/revert-md-change-mddev-chunk_sectors-from-int-to.patch
