linux-kernel - Re: + sys_getppid-oopses-on-debug-kernel.patch added to -mm tree

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Date:	Tue, 08 Aug 2006 19:39:52 +0400
From:	Kirill Korotaev <dev@...ru>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
CC:	Muli Ben-Yehuda <muli@...ibm.com>,
	Björn Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink@....de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dev@...nvz.org, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: + sys_getppid-oopses-on-debug-kernel.patch added to -mm tree

>>Even without getting into just how ugly this is, is it really worth
>>it?
it is impossible to run debug kernels w/o this patch :/
or are you asking whether this optimization worth it?

What makes me worry is that this is a sign that vendors
don't even bother to run debug kernels :((((

> It never was in my opinion but I lost that battle to Linus in 1.3.40 or
> so timescales. Given how critical getppid _isnt_ I don't see the point
> in being clever.
Alan, if you sign off the patch I will prepare another one, which removes
the optimization away and make it always safe.

Kirill

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