From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752216Ab3IUXRf (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Sep 2013 19:17:35 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:43509 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751865Ab3IUXRe (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Sep 2013 19:17:34 -0400 Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 16:18:16 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Al Viro Cc: Michal Nazarewicz , linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Felipe Balbi Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] Fix breakage in ffs_fs_mount() Message-ID: <20130921231816.GC2769@kroah.com> References: <20130920161421.GR13318@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <20130921145126.GT13318@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130921145126.GT13318@ZenIV.linux.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 21, 2013 at 03:51:26PM +0100, Al Viro wrote: > On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 01:10:48AM +0200, Michal Nazarewicz wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 20 2013, Al Viro wrote: > > > There's a bunch of failure exits in ffs_fs_mount() with > > > seriously broken recovery logics. Most of that appears to stem > > > from misunderstanding of the ->kill_sb() semantics; > > > > That sounds likely. > > > > [???] > > > > > Signed-off-by: Al Viro > > > > Acked-by: Michal Nazarewicz > > Umm... Which tree should that go through? I can put it in vfs.git, of > course, but it's local to drivers/usb/gadget, so a usb tree might be > a better fit... It's -stable fodder, all way back to linux-3.3.y. I'll take it through the USB tree and mark it for stable trees as well, thanks. greg k-h