Re: [PATCH 0/2] iomap, splice: Fix DIO/splice_read race memory corruptor and kill off ITER_PIPE

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Tue Feb 07 2023 - 09:33:53 EST


On 2/7/23 6:39?AM, David Howells wrote:
> [!] Jens: Note that there's a window in the linux-block/for-next branch
> with a memory corruptor bug that someone bisecting might hit. These
> two patches would be better pushed to the front of my iov-extract
> branch to eliminate the window. Would it be possible for you to
> replace my branch in your for-next branch at this point?

I'll check in on these two patches later today, but just wanted to say
that we can definitely just toss the existing branch, and setup a new
one based on -rc7 that adds these two first, then pulls in the other
branch on top to avoid this. Not a big deal, and warranted in this case.

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Jens Axboe