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Date:	Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:36:05 +0200
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Martin Walch <walch.martin@....de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	user-mode-linux-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH 2/3] um: Add support for 64 bit atomic operations

Am Mittwoch 20 April 2011, 16:34:08 schrieb Greg KH:
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 04:29:23PM +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> > Am Mittwoch 20 April 2011, 16:27:02 schrieb Greg KH:
> > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 01:34:25PM +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> > > > This adds support for 64 bit atomic operations on
> > > > 32 bit UML systems.
> > > > XFS needs them since 2.6.38.
> > > > 
> > > > Reported-by: Martin Walch <walch.martin@....de>
> > > > Tested-by: Martin Walch <walch.martin@....de>
> > > > Cc: Martin Walch <walch.martin@....de>
> > > > Cc: <stable@...nel.org> # .38.x 084189a: um: disable
> > > > CONFIG_CMPXCHG_LOCAL
> > > 
> > > Why is this a stable patch?
> > 
> > Because it fixes a build error in 2.6.38.
> > See: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32812
> 
> Then why not put that in the changelog entry in the first place?

Sorry, will do better next time!

Thanks,
//richard

> thanks,
> 
> greg "please save me time" k-h

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