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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: commit backport request
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:07:40 -0700
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On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 02:02:30PM +1000, NeilBrown wrote:
> 
> Hi Mr Stable,
> 
>  please apply patch
> 
> commit fab363b5ff502d1b39ddcfec04271f5858d9f26e
> Author: Shaohua Li <shli@kernel.org>
> Date:   Tue Jul 3 15:57:19 2012 +1000
> 
>     raid5: delayed stripe fix
> 
> 
> to 3.4.y and 3.2.y.
> 
> It fixes a deadlock in RAID5 which can cause all IO to hang.
> It has been demonstrated to fix a real-life problem (the race is not
> theoretical).

Is it also needed for 3.0.x?  It seems to apply there just fine.

thanks,

greg k-h