From: Greg KH Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: fix BUG_ON() in ext4_ext_insert_extent() Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:24:06 +0200 Message-ID: <20111028052406.GA21306@kroah.com> References: <20110927193523.GB3309@thunk.org> <1317206703-5604-1-git-send-email-tm@tao.ma> <20111027094329.GB31921@thunk.org> <20111027115322.GB6379@kroah.com> <20111028023607.GA23772@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: Ted Ts'o , Tao Ma , linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, Xiaoyun Mao , Yingbin Wang , Jia Wan Received: from out5.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.29]:34456 "EHLO out5.smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750826Ab1J1F2I (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:28:08 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20111028023607.GA23772@gmail.com> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 10:36:08AM +0800, Zheng Liu wrote: > On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 01:53:22PM +0200, Greg KH wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 05:43:29AM -0400, Ted Ts'o wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 06:45:03PM +0800, Tao Ma wrote: > > > > actually this bug does show up in 2.6.39 and I think stable tree still > > > > needs this fix. After some careful test, my colleague has generated > > > > the patch. Please considering ack it so that Greg can add it into the > > > > stable tree. > > > > > > Sorry for the delay, but yes. This patch would be good for the stable > > > tree for 2.6.39 (if Greg is still accepting patches for > > > 2.6.39-stable). It doesn't apply for upstream ext4 since the code has > > > been changed/refactored since then, but it's a good fix. > > > > No, .39 has not been maintained for quite some time now, sorry. > Hi Greg, > > Thank you for your attention. Actually this bug is between from .32 to > .39. Please considering to apply this patch to other stable or longterm > trees. Ah, ok, that makes sense, can you provide me a patch that will apply to the .32 and .33-longterm kernels? thanks, greg k-h