Re: [PATCH BUGFIX] block, bfq: fix bug related to the burst_size counter

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Mon Oct 09 2017 - 11:56:06 EST


On 10/09/2017 05:11 AM, Paolo Valente wrote:
> Hi Jens,
> unfortunately, the patch "block, bfq: decrease burst size when queues
> in burst exit", queued for 4.15 [1] introduces a bug, described in
> detail in the commit message of this patch. If triggered, this bug may
> cause loss of control on I/O-request service order.

Applied, but please remember to add a Fixes line when you have a patch
that fixes a problem introduced by a previous patch. For this one,
I added:

Fixes: 7cb04004fa37 ("block, bfq: decrease burst size when queues in burst exit")

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Jens Axboe