linux-kernel - Re: [Stable-review] [000/123] 2.6.32.22-stable review

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Message-ID: <20100919054520.GB15598@1wt.eu>
Date:	Sun, 19 Sep 2010 07:45:20 +0200
From:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	stable-review@...nel.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [Stable-review] [000/123] 2.6.32.22-stable review

On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 09:00:08PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 11:39:30PM +0200, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> > Hi Greg,
> > 
> > On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 12:00:24PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > > [Note, I do still have patches that people have sent me for inclusion in
> > > the .32-stable tree in my queue, but I figured this series was already
> > > big enough that it should go out now.  If you notice, I _did_ apply all
> > > patches that went through Linus's tree with a stable@...nel.org marking
> > > on it, so people might consider using that method instead...]
> > 
> > I'll give this a try, however I really miss the tcp_collapse() fix
> > (baff42ab1494528907bf4d5870359e31711746ae) without which 2.6.32.21 panics
> > several times a day when using splice().
> > 
> > I don't know if Davem had time to forward it to you though.
> 
> He has not done so yet.  I think this is a big enough series for now
> this releaase :)

Yes, I certainly share your concerns with the size of the release. I
just wanted to ensure we don't delay that fix too much because it's
always very embarrassing to have a userland triggerable panic. I've
seen David's mail so I assume we'll have that in .23 which is fine.

Thanks,
Willy

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