linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.27.30

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:21:33 +0200
From:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
To:	Thomas Backlund <tmb@...driva.org>
Cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, stable@...nel.org, lwn@....net
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.27.30

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 02:09:32AM +0300, Thomas Backlund wrote:
> Greg KH skrev:
> >I'm announcing the release of the 2.6.27.30 kernel.  All users of the
> >2.6.27 kernel series are very strongly encouraged to upgrade.
> >
> >I'll also be replying to this message with a copy of the patch between
> >2.6.27.29 and 2.6.27.30
> >
> >The updated 2.6.27.y git tree can be found at:
> >        git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git
> >and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser:
> >        http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git;a=summary
> >
> >thanks,
> >
> >greg k-h
> >
> 
> This is broken on x86_64
> 
> config attached....
> 
> [thomas@tmb linux-2.6.27.30]$ LC_ALL=C make
>   CHK     include/linux/version.h
>   CHK     include/linux/utsrelease.h
>   CALL    scripts/checksyscalls.sh
>   CHK     include/linux/compile.h
>   CC      fs/compat_ioctl.o
> fs/compat_ioctl.c:1913: error: 'FS_IOC_FIEMAP' undeclared here (not in a 
> function)
> make[1]: *** [fs/compat_ioctl.o] Error 1
> make: *** [fs] Error 2

indeed, fiemap was merged after 2.6.27, so the patch below was not
appropriate for 2.6.27.x :

    [patch 16/28] compat_ioctl: hook up compat handler for FIEMAP ioctl

Greg, commit 9ac3664242f11fb38ea5029712bc77ee317fe38c should be reverted
I think.

Willy

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/