From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758838Ab2I1X5t (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:57:49 -0400 Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:54382 "EHLO out1-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758331Ab2I1X5r (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:57:47 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: 4TzSGULlGnTgtw+/tVUPXhIigB+zj1mgaG4FQ8CHD015 1348876666 Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:57:45 -0700 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Ben Hutchings Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, NeilBrown Subject: Re: [ 094/127] md: make sure metadata is updated when spares are activated or removed. Message-ID: <20120928235745.GA11630@kroah.com> References: <20120928203045.835238916@linuxfoundation.org> <20120928203056.912250649@linuxfoundation.org> <1348872664.6858.7.camel@deadeye.wl.decadent.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1348872664.6858.7.camel@deadeye.wl.decadent.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 12:51:04AM +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Fri, 2012-09-28 at 13:34 -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > 3.0-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. > > > > ------------------ > > > > From: NeilBrown > > > > commit 6dafab6b1383e912cd252fa809570b484eb6e0dc upstream. > [...] > > This is suitable for -stable as out-of-data metadata could lead > > to data corruption. > > This is only relevant for 3.3 and later 9when 'replacement' as > > introduced. > [...] > > Assuming Neil hasn't changed his mind about this, it should therefore > not be applied to 3.0. Neil, is this true? greg k-h