linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] module_refcounting and anonymous inodes

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Date:	Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:51:07 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
To:	Sheng Yang <sheng@...ux.intel.com>
CC:	kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] module_refcounting and anonymous inodes

Sheng Yang wrote:
> Should we push the first patch to 2.6.28? 

It's not a recent regression, so no.

> I got some trouble with the separate 
> 2nd patch, for I am using Linus' tree and make KVM as modules, so the 
> reference count reduced to negative now... (Oh Avi, I know you suggest to use 
> in kernel rather than modules, but module is indeed convenient. :) )
>   

Right, that would affect everyone.  What we need is to hack the second 
patch for external modules on <2.6.29.

-- 
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function

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