Re: [PATCH v2] block: add check that partition length needs to be aligned with block size

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Jun 27 2023 - 02:18:49 EST


On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 06:59:24AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 01:39:26PM +0900, Damien Le Moal wrote:
> > See Greg's comment: this likely need a "Fixes:" tag. And I think that the tag
> > is: fa9156ae597c ("block: refactor blkpg_ioctl"). But please double check.
>
> No, the lack of checks goes back all the way to when this code was
> added long before git was a thing. So I don't think a Fixes tag makes
> all that much sense here.

Ok, then how about a normal "cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx" added to the s-o-b
area so it gets picked up for all stable trees as this is an issue that
has always been there?

thanks,

greg k-h