Re: [added to the 3.18 stable tree] block: bio: introduce helpers to get the 1st and last bvec

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On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 12:40 AM, Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxx> wrote:
> On 03/14/2016 10:37 AM, Sasha Levin wrote:
>>
>> On 03/14/2016 10:52 AM, Jens Axboe wrote:
>>>
>>> On 03/13/2016 11:53 AM, Sasha Levin wrote:
>>>>
>>>> From: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>> This patch has been added to the 3.18 stable tree. If you have any
>>>> objections, please let us know.
>>>
>>>
>>> Remember to pick up 90d0f0f11588 as well! This goes for both 3.18 and
>>> 4.1, I saw mails for both of them.
>>
>>
>> Hm, It looks like both of these commits fix 5e7c4274a ("block: Check for
>> gaps on front and back merges")
>> which is a 4.2 commit, so I've ended up dropping it from both trees.
>
>
> That's fine too, and probably the better choice.

Techinically this fix might be backported to 3.18 & 4.1 too, because
.bi_vcnt is still used in req_gap_to_prev() before commit 5e7c4274a
("block: Check for gaps on front and back merges").

Also you need to pick up the 1st three patches for the fix if you want to
do that.

Thanks,
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