2016-04-12 19:32:25

by Chuck Lever III

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Subject: server commit commit 9d11b51ce7c1

Hi Bruce-

Would it be appropriate to request that

commit 9d11b51ce7c150a69e761e30518f294fc73d55ff
Author: Chuck Lever <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Thu Jul 9 16:45:18 2015 -0400
Commit: J. Bruce Fields <[email protected]>
CommitDate: Mon Jul 20 14:58:47 2015 -0400

svcrdma: Fix send_reply() scatter/gather set-up

be applied to stable kernels? It is a small patch
that fixes a bug that has been in the NFS/RDMA
code since 2010.

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Chuck Lever





2016-04-12 20:05:03

by J. Bruce Fields

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Subject: Re: server commit commit 9d11b51ce7c1

On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 03:32:18PM -0400, Chuck Lever wrote:
> commit 9d11b51ce7c150a69e761e30518f294fc73d55ff
> Author: Chuck Lever <[email protected]>
> AuthorDate: Thu Jul 9 16:45:18 2015 -0400
> Commit: J. Bruce Fields <[email protected]>
> CommitDate: Mon Jul 20 14:58:47 2015 -0400
>
> svcrdma: Fix send_reply() scatter/gather set-up
>
> be applied to stable kernels? It is a small patch
> that fixes a bug that has been in the NFS/RDMA
> code since 2010.

Of course, anyone can mail a patch to [email protected] with a cc:
to me, if you notice I overlooked something.

--b.

2016-04-12 20:07:20

by Chuck Lever III

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Subject: Re: server commit commit 9d11b51ce7c1


> On Apr 12, 2016, at 4:05 PM, Bruce Fields <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 03:32:18PM -0400, Chuck Lever wrote:
>> commit 9d11b51ce7c150a69e761e30518f294fc73d55ff
>> Author: Chuck Lever <[email protected]>
>> AuthorDate: Thu Jul 9 16:45:18 2015 -0400
>> Commit: J. Bruce Fields <[email protected]>
>> CommitDate: Mon Jul 20 14:58:47 2015 -0400
>>
>> svcrdma: Fix send_reply() scatter/gather set-up
>>
>> be applied to stable kernels? It is a small patch
>> that fixes a bug that has been in the NFS/RDMA
>> code since 2010.
>
> Of course, anyone can mail a patch to [email protected] with a cc:
> to me, if you notice I overlooked something.

OK, I thought these patches always had to go through
the respective maintainers, though perhaps that is a
preference that is particular to each maintainer.

I will check it out.


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Chuck Lever