linux-kernel - Re: Linux 3.6-rc6

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Date:	Sat, 22 Sep 2012 11:57:23 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Shaun Ruffell <sruffell@...ium.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Shaohui Xie <Shaohui.Xie@...escale.com>,
	Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@...escale.com>,
	linux-edac@...r.kernel.org,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>,
	Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
Subject: Re: Linux 3.6-rc6

On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 5:59 PM, Shaun Ruffell <sruffell@...ium.com> wrote:
>
> I posted patches [1,2,3] that resolve the issue for me. Shaohui Xie
> also hit the issue and posted a slightly different patch [4]. The
> patches are currently waiting for Mauro, who I understand is
> catching up since returning from San Diego, to check them out.
>
> [1] http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=134764595921752&w=2
> [2] http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=134764594721747&w=2
> [3] http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=134764597921761&w=2
> [4] http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=134753579818528&w=2

That first patch needs a sign-off from you, since you are passing on
somebody elses patch.

Looking at that patch, the patch seems to be a memory leak (?) leaking
the "channels" allocation, along with fixing an odd and incorrect
kfree (and access) of mci->csrows[i]. If that is correct, please write
a proper changelog. The current changelog for that thing is totally
pointless, and doesn't actually explain what the patch *does*.

I'd also like some ack's from people, and I'd love to know which
commit introduced the problem(s). If this problem is new to 3.6, I
want to know what caused it, and if it is *not* new, then the thing
needs to be marked for stable. Please?

Finally, if I'm supposed to apply patches, I really *really* want to
see the patches sent to me explicitly, instead of having people post
pointers to them on the web. I don't apply random stuff on the web, I
want the "please take this patch" to be a case of people *explicitly*
sending it to me with the proper sign-offs in place etc.

IOW, the "hey, you should apply that random patch that wasn't even
sent to you" approach is not something I accept.

                   Linus
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