linux-kernel - Re: Multiple free during oprofile unload

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Message-ID: <20070525173813.GA2875@redhat.com>
Date:	Fri, 25 May 2007 13:38:13 -0400
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Cc:	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Multiple free during oprofile unload

On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 07:13:52PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
 > 
 > > 
 > > So what, the alternative is leave oprofile busted in 2.6.21.x even longer?
 > 
 > stable is about backporting _well tested_ patches from mainline.
 > 
 > If the stable request comes in from someone 5 minutes after the mainline submission
 > I don't see how that testing should happen.

And how many people have picked up on the fact that the fix in 2.6.22rc is busted
in the last week ?
Ie, we'd be waiting probably until after .22 goes out before we found out it's
still horked, and leaving .21.x busted for another three weeks.

If the functionality is completely busted in -stable, adding a patch that's
isolated to that component can't really make things much worse.
All we've done here is move the breakage.

	Dave

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