Re: git pull -- [PATCH] aio: v2 ensure access to ctx->ring_pages is correctly serialised

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On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 7:58 AM, Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Here's a respin of that part.  I just moved the mutex initialization up so
> that it's always valid in the err path.  I have also run this version of
> the patch through xfstests and my migration test programs and it looks
> okay.

Ok. I can't find any issues with this version. How critical is this?
Should I take it now, or with more testing during the 3.15 merge
window and then just have it picked up from stable? Do people actually
trigger the bug in real life, or has this been more of a
trinity/source code analysis thing?

                Linus
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