linux-kernel - Re: [stable] [patch 24/46] Fix broken ownership of /proc/sys/ files

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Message-ID: <20081117213558.GA9808@kroah.com>
Date:	Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:35:58 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org,
	Justin Forbes <jmforbes@...uxtx.org>,
	Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@....linux.org.uk>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Chuck Wolber <chuckw@...ntumlinux.com>,
	Chris Wedgwood <reviews@...cw.f00f.org>,
	Michael Krufky <mkrufky@...uxtv.org>,
	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>,
	Domenico Andreoli <cavokz@...il.com>, Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
	Rodrigo Rubira Branco <rbranco@...checkpoint.com>,
	Jake Edge <jake@....net>, Eugene Teo <eteo@...hat.com>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [stable] [patch 24/46] Fix broken ownership of /proc/sys/ files

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 03:09:00PM -0500, Theodore Tso wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 11:15:47PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > 2.6.27-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
> > ------------------
> > 
> > From: Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
> > 
> > commit 5c06fe772da43db63b053addcd2c267f76d0be91 upstream.
> > 
> > D'oh...
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
> > Reported-and-tested-by: Peter Palfrader <peter@...frader.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
> 
> It's harmless to include this, but I thought this fixed a regression
> that showed up only after 2.6.28-rc4?

I thought I saw a report that it happened for someone using the 2.6.27.y
tree as well.

thanks,

greg k-h
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