Re: [stable] apparent regression (crash) - 2.6.38.6

From: Jiri Slaby
Date: Fri Jun 03 2011 - 03:16:02 EST


On 06/03/2011 09:09 AM, lists+linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 03.06.2011 11:01, Michael Tokarev wrote:
>> commit 2e8532e0a9ee1d25b279ac78ee8ce31701e2aa15
>> Author: Michael Tokarev <mjt@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Fri Jun 3 10:50:49 2011 +0400
>>
>> block: add proper state guards to elv_queue_empty()
>>
>> Like in 0a58e077eb600d1efd7e54ad9926a75a39d7f8ae (backported to
>> stable 2.6.38 as 0a58e077eb600d1efd7e54ad9926a75a39d7f8ae) which
>> fixes this for __elv_next_request(), as reported by Atsushi Nemoto,
>> elv_queue_empty() also needs to check for dead queue condition
>> before touchin elevator.
>>
>> elv_queue_empty() has been removed upstream so this is only applicable
>> for versions prior to 2.6.39, including 2.6.32-longterm.
>
> Um, i'm not sure about this one -- 2.6.32 does not have
> other pieces of this puzzle (and 2.6.38.8 was the last
> in the 2.6.38.y series).

And what about .33 and .34 which are longterm too? Does this apply to them?

thanks,
--
js
suse labs
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