linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] lost sysctl fix

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Message-ID: <3146.1217140293@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Date:	Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:31:33 -0400
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jan Kara <jack@....cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lost sysctl fix

On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 06:31:22 BST, Al Viro said:
> try_attach() should walk into the matching subdirectory, not the first one...
> 
> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
> ---
> [and yes, that's what that crap had been]
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
> index 911d846..fe47133 100644

I just built 26-mmotm-0727 with this patch on top of it, and can confirm
that disk quotas are functioning again.  Thanks, Al.  Feel free to
stick a Tested-By: on there...

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