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

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Message-ID: <20081117234539.GL8151@anguilla.noreply.org>
Date:	Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:45:39 +0100
From:	Peter Palfrader <peter@...frader.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [stable] [patch 24/46] Fix broken ownership of /proc/sys/ files

On Mon, 17 Nov 2008, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:

> On Monday, 17 of November 2008, Greg KH wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Yes, 2.6.27(.y) was referred to in the original report.

Yup.  The earliest 2.6.27 I have running anywhere is 2.6.27-rc4 and that
is affected already, as are all the various 2.6.27.y.

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