linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] modules fix incorrect percpu usage

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Message-ID: <4BB2AA47.2030906@kernel.org>
Date:	Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:49:59 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	stable <stable@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] modules fix incorrect percpu usage

On 03/30/2010 10:52 PM, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> Should use per_cpu_ptr() to obfuscate the per cpu pointers (RELOC_HIDE is needed
> for per cpu pointers).
> 
> Introduced by commit:
> 
> module.c: commit 6b588c18f8dacfa6d7957c33c5ff832096e752d3
> 
> It applies to mainline as of 2.6.34-rc2. This patch should be queued for the
> stable branch, for kernels 2.6.29.x to 2.6.33.x.
> (based on 2.6.33.1, also applies to 2.6.34-rc2 -tip)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
> CC: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
> CC: Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
> CC: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
> CC: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
> CC: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
> CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> CC: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> CC: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
> CC: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> CC: stable <stable@...nel.org>

Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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