Date:   Sat, 20 Nov 2021 08:39:48 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@denx.de>
Cc:     linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
        Xie Yongji <xieyongji@bytedance.com>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
        Tadeusz Struk <tadeusz.struk@linaro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.10 03/21] loop: Use blk_validate_block_size() to
 validate block size
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On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 10:45:22PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > commit af3c570fb0df422b4906ebd11c1bf363d89961d5 upstream.
> > 
> > Remove loop_validate_block_size() and use the block layer helper
> > to validate block size.
> 
> This is just a cleanup, and it needs previous cleanup to be
> applied. I would not mind if both were dropped from stable series.

No, it is not a cleanup, it fixes a real bug as reported on the stable
mailing list.

greg k-h