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Message-ID: <20120331213738.57a9649d@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Sat, 31 Mar 2012 21:37:38 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Florian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@....de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Wang YanQing <udknight@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [ 086/149] video:uvesafb: Fix oops that uvesafb try to execute
 NX-protected page

On Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:03:17 -0700
Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 09:30:52PM +0000, Florian Tobias Schandinat wrote:
> > Hi Greg,
> > 
> > On 03/30/2012 07:49 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> > > 3.2-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> > 
> > the same as for 3.3: This patch would require exporting
> > 'pcibios_enabled' to not break building uvesafb as a module. As Alan did
> > not agree with this approach it is not suitable for stable as is.
> 
> Oops, sorry about that, now removed, thanks for letting me know.

Actually for the backport its probably the right thing to do - its
simple, clear and slightly ugly, but its fairly provably safe.
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