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Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:55:57 +0200 From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> To: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org> Cc: cbe-oss-dev@...abs.org, Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, oprofile-list@...ts.sourceforge.net, cel <cel@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> Subject: Re: [Cbe-oss-dev] powerpc/cell/oprofile: fix mutex locking for spu-oprofile On Monday 25 August 2008, Paul Mackerras wrote: > > > Since rc4 is out now, I understand if you feel more comfortable with > > putting the patch into -next instead of -merge. > > Linus has been getting stricter about only putting in fixes for > regressions and serious bugs (see his recent email to Dave Airlie on > LKML for instance). I assume that the corruption is just in the data > that is supplied to userspace and doesn't extend to any kernel data > structures. That's right, please queue it for -next then. > > Note that the second patch is trivial and fixes an oopsable condition > > of the kernel, so at least that should still go into 2.6.27. > > OK, I'll cherry-pick that one for my next batch for Linus. Thanks, Arnd <>< -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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