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

Kleber Souza kleber.souza at canonical.com
Wed Sep 5 14:42:51 UTC 2018


On 08/31/18 16:14, Joseph Salisbury wrote:
> 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(-)
> 

Applied to xenial/master-next branch.

Thanks,
Kleber




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