linux-kernel - Re: [0/3] 2.6.27.52 stable review

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Message-ID: <h6hc66dkok3im9jpph1oj2m40ijju6c9la@4ax.com>
Date:	Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:34:55 +1000
From:	Grant Coady <gcoady.lk@...il.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org,
	stable-review@...nel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk
Subject: Re: [0/3] 2.6.27.52 stable review

On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:47:29 -0700, you wrote:

>On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 05:12:57PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Grant Coady <gcoady.lk@...il.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Machine is running, but there's a lot of these in the dmesg:
>> >
>> > WARNING: at include/linux/security.h:1826 acct_stack_growth+0xe7/0xf0()
>> 
>> That would seem to be because of the lack of commit 05fa199d45c in
>> 2.6.27. It got marked for stable, but probably never went so far back
>> as 2.6.27.
>
>Yup, I didn't include it there.  Grant, if you add that, does the
>warning go away?

I'm sorry, no idea at all how to cherry pick that, I don't know git :( 

Google brings up this thread but not that commit, point me at it and 
I'll try it.  

Grant.

>
>> That said, I do wonder if it is worth it maintaining a 2.6.27 that the
>> maintainer can't even boot on his machines any more.
>
>Yeah, I'm beginning to wonder about it as well.  I think it's expected
>lifespan is very near to the end.
>
>thanks,
>
>greg k-h
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