linux-kernel - Re: [stable] [PATCH] Fix 'flush_old_exec()/setup_new

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Message-ID: <20100206084936.GA4441@kroah.com>
Date:	Sat, 6 Feb 2010 00:49:36 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Sven Joachim <svenjoac@....de>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>, stable-review@...nel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH] Fix 'flush_old_exec()/setup_new_exec()' split

On Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 08:32:32PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
> On 2010-02-04 19:57 +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 07:46:30PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
> >> It seems they are all there, but on my system with 64-bit kernel and
> >> 32-bit userland, 2.6.32.8-rc1 still panics in the way noticed by Ben.
> >
> > Does 2.6.33-rc6 also cause you the same problem?
> 
> A build from Linus' current git tree (commit 7ab02af42 was added after
> 2.6.33-rc6, so I skipped that version) does not show the problem.
> Actually, I'm using it right now.

I think this was the sysctl issue, and have released a 2.6.32.8-rc2.
Can you test that to verify if it fixes your crash or not?

thanks,

greg k-h
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