linux-kernel - Re: Look Ma, da kernel is b0rken

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Message-ID: <20121208230419.20544263@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Sat, 8 Dec 2012 23:04:19 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:	Andreas Mohr <andi@...as.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Li Shaohua <shaohua.li@...el.com>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: Look Ma, da kernel is b0rken

On Sat, 8 Dec 2012 11:52:34 +0100
Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 08, 2012 at 08:36:34AM +0100, Andreas Mohr wrote:
> > And that demand actually applies to both the '@' change (questionable)
> > and the much less disputed (obviously correct) wrong conditional
> > fixup, since both introduce a notable change (either large, or
> > possibly improper) in behaviour.
> 
> Well, I think Alan's fix is obviously correct and doesn't necessarily
> need confirmation. But it will have ~3 months verification time in 3.8,
> just in case.

And to answer the question '@' is used in ISAPnP. Whether it is valid is
a rather different question 8)

Alan
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