linux-kernel - Re: [patch 30/41] ACPI EC: Fix regression due to use of uninitialized variable

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Date:	Thu, 5 Feb 2009 09:30:46 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org,
	Justin Forbes <jmforbes@...uxtx.org>,
	Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@....linux.org.uk>,
	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
	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,
	Alexey Starikovskiy <astarikovskiy@...e.de>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 30/41] ACPI EC: Fix regression due to use of
	uninitialized variable

On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 04:06:02PM +0100, Thomas Renninger wrote:
> On Thursday 05 February 2009 09:08:42 Thomas Renninger wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Wednesday 04 February 2009 19:46:48 Greg KH wrote:
> > > 2.6.27-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us
> > > know.
> > Does this one patch cleanly in 2.6.27-stable?
> > I had it on my list, but this seem to have been introduced after
> > 2.6.27 and I thought I removed this one again?
> > Or this is a follow up of another fix that should go in?
> Yes this got in by another patch.
> The huge "make ACPI integer 64 bit aware" one. Which looked like
> it could fix really nasty bugs and is safe due to only long to long long
> conversions. But maybe this wasn't such a good idea, as exported
> kernel functions change from long to long long...

That's ok, there is no "stable abi" requirement for the -stable
releases.

thanks,

greg k-h
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