Re: bio_get_nr_vecs() stable patches

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On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 11:07:18AM +0200, Bernd Schubert wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> last year I run into a bug in bio_get_nr_vecs(), which resulted in a
> kernel panic. This was fixed by commit
> 
> f908ee9463b09ddd05e1c1a0111132212dc05fac
> 
> and for which stable@xxxxxxxxxx was CCed. Probably due to the dependency to
> 
> 5abebfdd02450fa1349daacf242e70b3736581e3
> 
> this commit didn't reach many stable kernels. And probably therefore
> also wasn't picked up by vendor kernels such as RHEL.

That's up to the vendor kernels :)

> And as I just notice in 2.6.32 neither of these commits would apply.
> Shall I prepare a different patch for these kernels?

What kernel(s) are you asking for this patch to be applied to?

And if we just need to pick up 5abebfdd02450fa1349daacf242e70b3736581e3
as well, that's not that hard, don't mush them together, apply them in
series.

thanks,

greg k-h
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