linux-kernel - Re: [stable] patch remove-broken-ptrace-special-case-code-from-file-mapping.patch queued to -stable tree

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Message-ID: <20071102180004.GA22849@kroah.com>
Date:	Fri, 2 Nov 2007 11:00:04 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Duane Griffin <duaneg@...da.com>
Cc:	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>, npiggin@...e.de,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [stable] patch
	remove-broken-ptrace-special-case-code-from-file-mapping.patch
	queued to -stable tree

On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 05:52:25PM +0000, Duane Griffin wrote:
> On 02/11/2007, Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com> wrote:
> > On 11/02/2007 12:58 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> > > Unless Nick really objects, and then I'll drop yours and use his, but I
> > > don't think that Duane verified that his patch fixed the issue.
> > >
> >
> > I put Nick's in Fedora, so it had better work...  ;)
> 
> I've tested both patches, and they both fix the problem. So no
> worries, either way :)
> 
> As Linus said, his patch does change the behaviour. I'm not qualified
> to judge how risky that is, however I think that the change is an
> improvement. In fact in my original bug report I suggested the old
> behaviour could be considered buggy and the new behaviour might be
> preferable.

Ok, thanks for letting me know.  I'll stick with Linus's patch for now,
unless someone really complains :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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