Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:52:44 +0100 | From | "Richard W.M. Jones" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] block: replace __getblk_slow misfix by grow_dev_page fix |
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On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 06:33:45PM -0700, Hugh Dickins wrote: > Jeff, > > Your commit 91f68c89d8f3 ("block: fix infinite loop in __getblk_slow"), > already gone into 3.* stable, is not good. Could you and your testers > please give this alternative a try - I think it should work, and have > started it on a few days' memory load on 3.5, but not tried your case.
I have tested your patch and it does NOT fix the problem in http://bugzilla.redhat.com/835019 Kernel 3.6.0 + your patch => mount goes into a loop when mounting a small empty partition. Please do NOT apply this as it will cause a regression!
Rich.
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