linux-kernel - Re: [GIT] Security subsystem changes for 3.1

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Message-ID: <alpine.LRH.2.00.1107281316550.5116@tundra.namei.org>
Date:	Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:20:35 +1000 (EST)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [GIT] Security subsystem changes for 3.1

On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 7:42 PM, James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org> wrote:
> >
> > Ok, but this conflict was in my subsystem.
> 
> .. but it was a conflict that came from the VFS subsystem changes.
> 
> So it was clearly a cross-subsystem conflict. The fact that the file
> was in what you consider your subsystem IS TOTALLY IRRELEVANT. Because
> clearly somebody ELSE considered the change that conflicted to be part
> of THEIR subsystem!

Ok.  So what should have happened here (fb408e6ccc) is that Al should have 
emailed the patch to me to apply to my tree, instead of pushing it 
directly?


- James
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James Morris
<jmorris@...ei.org>
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