linux-kernel - Re: inotify fixes in stable

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Date:	Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:12:37 +1100
From:	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Pierre Ossman <drzeus-list@...eus.cx>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
Subject: Re: inotify fixes in stable

On Tuesday 11 March 2008 08:13, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 09:57:55PM +0100, Pierre Ossman wrote:
> > On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:31:16 -0700
> >
> > Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 08:36:58PM +0100, Pierre Ossman wrote:
> > > > The system is an OpenSuse 10.3 system, so 2.6.22.y would be the
> > > > interesting one. I'll see if I can get a custom kernel in there (I've
> > > > been unable to reproduce the problem outside a production
> > > > environment).
> > >
> > > 2.6.22.y is no longer being released by me, so it isn't interesting to
> > > me at all :)
> >
> > Oh? You made a release just 13 days ago, so I figured you were still
> > giving it some love.
>
> In that release, I said it was going to be my last.
>
> > > What about 2.6.24?  Is this still an issue there?
> >
> > Judging from the kernel bugzilla, it would seem so.
> >
> > But in my specific case, the guy on site was going to try an updated
> > kernel from Suse's build system. I'll probably now the results
> > tomorrow or the day after that.
>
> Please let us know.

The messages should actually be harmless. There is a race in the debug
code that can trigger them. But I wouldn't object to the patches going
to -stable...

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