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Date:	Wed, 7 Feb 2007 13:09:28 +1100
From:	Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	stable@...nel.org, nfs@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] knfsd: Fix a race in closing NFSd connections.

On Tuesday February 6, akpm@...ux-foundation.org wrote:
> 
> This patch assumes the presence of
> knfsd-sunrpc-allow-creating-an-rpc-service-without-registering-with-portmapper.patch which
> obviously isn't appropriate for -stable.

Only because they change adjacent lines.  There is no semantic
dependency.
The patch I sent will apply *correctly* against -stable with
"--fuzz=3".
I cannot send a fuzz-free patch if that would make Mr Stable happy.

> 
> Please confirm that the patch which I merged is still OK, thanks.

Yes, the patch which you merged is OK.

Thanks,
NeilBrown
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