On Fri, 14 Aug 2015 10:23:51 -0700 Greg KH <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 05:04:21PM +1000, NeilBrown wrote:
> > 
> > commit b97e92574c0bf335db1cd2ec491d8ff5cd5d0b49 upstream
> >     Use separate bitmaps for each nodes in the cluster
> > 
> > bitmap_read_sb() validates the bitmap superblock that it reads in.
> > If it finds an inconsistency like a bad magic number or out-of-range
> > version number, it prints an error and returns, but it incorrectly
> > returns zero, so the array is still assembled with the (invalid) bitmap.
> > 
> > This means it could try to use a bitmap with a new version number which
> > it therefore does not understand.
> > 
> > This bug was introduced in 3.5 and fix as part of a larger patch in 4.1.
> > So the patch is suitable for any -stable kernel in that range.
> > 
> > Fixes: 27581e5ae01f ("md/bitmap: centralise allocation of bitmap file 
> > pages.")
> > Cc: [email protected] (v3.5..v4.1)
> 
> b97e92574c0 is in 4.1, so do you mean (v3.5..v4.0) here?
> 

Yes,  I did.  Thanks!

v3.5..v4.0.

NeilBrown
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