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    [PATCH] md: make sure 64bit fields in version-1 metadata are 64-bit aligned · 6f91fe88
    NeilBrown authored
    reshape_position is a 64bit field that was not 64bit aligned.  So swap with
    new_level.
    
    NOTE: this is a user-visible change.  However:
      - The bad code has not appeared in a released kernel
      - This code is still marked 'experimental'
      - This only affects version-1 superblock, which are not in wide use
      - These field are only used (rather than simply reported) by user-space
        tools in extemely rare circumstances : after a reshape crashes in the
        first second of the reshape process.
    
    So I believe that, at this stage, the change is safe.  Especially if people
    heed the 'help' message on use mdadm-2.4.1.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarNeil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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