Re: [PATCH v2] drivers/block/xen-blkback: preq.dev is usedwithout initialized

From: Jan Beulich
Date: Wed Apr 03 2013 - 09:00:45 EST


>>> On 03.04.13 at 14:56, William Dauchy <wdauchy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 3:34 AM, Chen Gang <gang.chen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> additional information:
>> before commit 01c681d4c70d64cb72142a2823f27c4146a02e63, the value printed
>> here was bogus, as it was the guest provided value from req->u.rw.handle
>> rather than the actual device.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Acked-by: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>
>
> Sorry I'm a bit late but since since 01c681d is in stable, I guess
> a72d900 (xen/xen-blkback: preq.dev is used without initialized)
> could be added in stable as well.
> Am I wrong? otherwise I'm ok to do the request.

Iirc we requested the earlier commit to be removed from stable
trees, and I think Greg also did so.

Jan

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