[SRU][Xenial][PATCH 0/1] ext4: fix false negatives *and* false positives in ext4_check_descriptors()

Joseph Salisbury joseph.salisbury at canonical.com
Fri Aug 31 14:14:58 UTC 2018


BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1789653

== SRU Justification ==
A regression was introduced where ext4_check_descriptors() was getting 
called before s_gdb_count was initialized.  This regression was
introduced to Xenial in 4.4.0-134.  This is fixed by mainline commit
44de022c4382.

Commit 44de022c4382 was also cc'd to upstream stable.  However, it has
not made it's way into Xenial via stable updates as of yet.

== Fix ==
44de022c4382 ("ext4: fix false negatives *and* false positives in ext4_check_descriptors()")

== Regression Potential ==
Low.  This commit has been cc'd upstream stable, so it has had
additional upstream review.

== Test Case ==
A test kernel was built with this patch and tested by the original bug reporter.
The bug reporter states the test kernel resolved the bug.

Theodore Ts'o (1):
  ext4: fix false negatives *and* false positives in
    ext4_check_descriptors()

 fs/ext4/super.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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