linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.29 -mm merge plans

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 5 Jan 2009 13:32:02 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	sam@...nborg.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.29 -mm merge plans


* David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:

> From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 11:10:06 +0100
> 
> > That is quite backwards, no matter how i look at it. Why doesnt Sparc do 
> > the obvious and turn off -Werror until it has gotten around to fix those 
> > few remaining warnings?
> 
> Are you kidding me?
> 
> -Werror has been on for 5+ years under arch/sparc, and the tree in those 
> subdirectories always built warning free.
> 
> For crying out loud, Sam and I are asking for a few days to freshen up 
> these patches so they build properly.  What is the big deal?
>
> The changes will go in, probably within the next week, just give us a 
> chance to fix them up.
> 
> I really can't believe what a big stink is being made in response to an 
> arch maintainer and one of his helpers wanting to clean up a patch 
> before it gets integrated.

I'm glad that things are accelerating that it will only take a few days 
now. Your earlier reaction of asking Andrew to remove it from -mm gave me 
the opposite impression - your reactions made it seem as if you saw it the 
duty of Sam to fix any problems with this patch.

Thanks,

	Ingo
--
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/