linux-kernel - Re: [PULL] param sysfs oops (simple, leaky) fix, bool arrays fix

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Date:	Wed, 05 May 2010 12:04:18 +0300
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>
To:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@...oo.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Christof Schmitt <christof.schmitt@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PULL] param sysfs oops (simple, leaky) fix, bool arrays fix

On Wed, 2010-05-05 at 11:49 +0300, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> > Fixing in the way of the later upstream is a bit too intrusive as a
> > stable patch.  So, I'm also not sure whether we should take it,
> > too...
> 
> To be frank I do not really understand what you mean.

If you meant 'let's not change it 2.6.34' - fair enough, it was already
in 2.6.32, so there is probably no reason to hurry. But I suggest to
still consider this as a big issue and fix as soon as we can.

-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Артём Битюцкий)

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