linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.27-rc4-git1: Reported regressions from 2.6.26

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0808271335260.3363@nehalem.linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:40:10 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Peter Osterlund <petero2@...ia.com>
cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, Alan Cox <alan@...hat.com>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Natalie Protasevich <protasnb@...il.com>,
	Kernel Testers List <kernel-testers@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.27-rc4-git1: Reported regressions from 2.6.26



On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Peter Osterlund wrote:
> 
> Why not just revert the offending change and try again during the next
> merge window, assuming someone has figured out an acceptable way to
> handle this mess by then?

Well,, for 2.6.27 that's what we'll have to do. But there's actually a 
real problem here - the unlocked ioctl's (which we _should_ prefer) have a 
strictly weaker and worse interface. I also wonder if any other 
block_ioctl users were converted..

Anyway, I'll take your email as an ack for the revert.

		Linus
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