linux-kernel - Re: [patch 33/76] futex: runtime enable pi and robust functionality

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Date:	Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:05:40 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	tglx@...utronix.de
Cc:	chrisw@...s-sol.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [patch 33/76] futex: runtime enable pi and robust functionality

From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:37:07 +0100 (CET)

> On Fri, 21 Mar 2008, Chris Wright wrote:
> 
> > -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
> > ---------------------
> 
> For this one you need the S390 fixes:

And sparc64 needed similar fixes, but they did get submitted in time
thankfully.

I think this futex change should have gotten more exposure, and proper
coordination with arch maintainers so that it didn't go into -stable
unless the necessary arch level fixups were known to go in at the same
time.
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