linux-kernel - Re: [stable] Linux 2.6.24.3 (if_addrlabel.h HEADERS

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Message-ID: <20080226200137.GB10249@kroah.com>
Date:	Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:01:37 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Cc:	Daniel Drake <dsd@...too.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	stephen.hemminger@...tta.com,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [stable] Linux 2.6.24.3 (if_addrlabel.h HEADERS_CHECK failure)

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 07:29:43AM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:38:47 +0000
> Daniel Drake <dsd@...too.org> wrote:
> 
> > Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > >> We (the -stable team) are announcing the release of the 2.6.24.3
> > >> kernel.
> > > 
> > > When HEADERS_CHECK=y:
> > > 
> > > make[3]: *** No rule to make target `/local/linsrc/linux-2.6.24.3/include/linux/if_addrlabel.h', needed by `/local/linsrc/linux-2.6.24.3/usr/include/linux/if_addrlabel.h'.  Stop.
> > > make[2]: *** [linux] Error 2
> > 
> > This appears to have been caused by the patch titled:
> > 
> > 	NET: Add if_addrlabel.h to sanitized headers.
> > 
> > The patch only adds the unifdef-y entry for this header file, however 
> > that header was only added after 2.6.24.
> > 
> > It seems that this patch was submitted to -stable in error. Stephen, can 
> > you confirm?
> 
> The patch was meant for 2.6.25 only. 

So should it be reverted?  David sent it to me for some reason :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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