linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.39-rc3

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Date:	13 Apr 2011 00:32:46 -0400
From:	"George Spelvin" <linux@...izon.com>
To:	davej@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	joro@...tes.org, linux@...izon.com
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.39-rc3

> Gaah, yes. Apparently that placement is correct and documented, and
> has been since the beginning.
>
> However, reality always takes precedence, so I think that for now
> we'll just have to revert the commit that added the uid: tag, and we
> can re-visit this issue when hopefully the tools have been fixed.

Note that the discussion on the libmount mailing list revealed a possible
kernel workaround: escape the hyphens as \055.  Damn hard to read for
a human, but it does parse correctly, and the workaround can be fixed
once the library updates have propagated.

In case it's useful.
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