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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