[Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 v2 0/3] dm-ploop: fix flip_upper_deltas panicking the host in its pre-flip check

Konstantin Khorenko khorenko at virtuozzo.com
Thu Nov 5 21:19:02 MSK 2026


Applying with these fixes on my side:
- patch 2: paragraphs 1-3 of the commit message reworded, see the reply
  to patch 2.

On Thu, 05 Nov 2026 15:57:46 +0100, Denis V. Lunev wrote:
> - patch 2: a flip after a grow of the device, with the lower delta left
>   at its old size, oopses in the walk, which runs past the BAT of the
>   lower delta. Refuse it: a flip that got past the walk would damage
>   the new top delta on the first BAT writeback after resume;

The code of all three patches is fine. The damage and the oops in patch
2 happen only in some cases, and most of that wording came from my v1
reply, so I fixed the message myself.

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Konstantin Khorenko,
Virtuozzo Linux Kernel Team



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