Re: [Backport request] blkdev_report_zones_ioctl(): Use vmalloc() to allocate large buffers

2018-06-13 Thread Greg KH
On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 03:36:42PM +, Bart Van Assche wrote: > Hello stable kernel maintainers, > > Please backport patch 327ea4adcfa3 ("blkdev_report_zones_ioctl(): > Use vmalloc() to allocate large buffers") to at least the v4.17.x and > v4.14.y stable kernel series. That patch fixes a bug

[Backport request] blkdev_report_zones_ioctl(): Use vmalloc() to allocate large buffers

2018-06-13 Thread Bart Van Assche
Hello stable kernel maintainers, Please backport patch 327ea4adcfa3 ("blkdev_report_zones_ioctl(): Use vmalloc() to allocate large buffers") to at least the v4.17.x and v4.14.y stable kernel series. That patch fixes a bug introduced in kernel v4.10. The entire patch is shown below. Thanks,