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From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
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        alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>,
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Subject: Re: [ 84/95] virtio_blk: fix config handler race
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Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> writes:

> 3.2-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
>
> ------------------
>
> From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
>
> commit 4678d6f970c2f7c0cbfefc0cc666432d153b321b upstream.
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> Fix a theoretical race related to config work

???

>>From Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt:

 - No "theoretical race condition" issues, unless an explanation of how the
   race can be exploited is also provided.

Similarly, '[ 85/95] virtio_blk: Drop unused request tracking list'
is a marginal perf improvement, why is it in there?

Neither of these were cc:stable; did someone request them specifically?

Confused,
Rusty.