Re: [PATCH] storvsc: do not assume SG list is continuous when doing bounce buffers (for 4.1 stable only)

From	Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] storvsc: do not assume SG list is continuous when doing bounce buffers (for 4.1 stable only)
Date	2017-08-23 15:50 +0200
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On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 11:43:19PM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Ok.  If the stable maintainers are ok with your small fix
> I'm not going to complain too loudly.  But I'm always worried about
> stable trees divering too much from mainline.

Given that 90% of the time we do this, something breaks, you have a
right to be worried...

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[PATCH] storvsc: do not assume SG list is continuous when doing bounce buffers (for 4.1 stable only) Long Li <longli@exchange.microsoft.com> - 2017-08-22 07:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] storvsc: do not assume SG list is continuous when doing  bounce buffers (for 4.1 stable only) Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> - 2017-08-22 08:30 +0200
    RE: [PATCH] storvsc: do not assume SG list is continuous when doing  bounce buffers (for 4.1 stable only) Long Li <longli@microsoft.com> - 2017-08-22 21:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] storvsc: do not assume SG list is continuous when doing  bounce buffers (for 4.1 stable only) Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> - 2017-08-23 08:50 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] storvsc: do not assume SG list is continuous when doing  bounce buffers (for 4.1 stable only) Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2017-08-23 15:50 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] storvsc: do not assume SG list is continuous when doing bounce buffers (for 4.1 stable only) "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com> - 2017-08-23 17:30 +0200

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