Subject: Re: Linux-2.4.0-test10
To: torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds)
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 20:55:13 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (Kernel Mailing List)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10010311237430.22165-100000@penguin.transmeta.com> from "Linus Torvalds" at Oct 31, 2000 12:41:55 PM
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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org

> Ok, test10-final is out there now. This has no _known_ bugs that I
> consider show-stoppers, for what it's worth.

The fact power management even handling is completely broken and crashes
on unfortunately timed module unloads doesnt count ?

More importantly has the bug when you can use the proc/self/mem trick with read
to crash machines as any user via svgalib stuff been fixed ?

Questions:
	Has the O_SYNC stuff been fixed so that more than ext2 honours this
	flag ?
	What about the fact anyone can crash a box using ioctls on net
	devices and waiting for an unload - was this fixed ?

Less Critical:
	Does autofs4 work yet
	Why haven't you merged irda changes people have been sending for months 	which mean irda in 2.4test doesnt work ?
	Making ramfs work seems to not be merged

Ok so Im always on the more conservative side but the large collection of
'fixe exists isnt merged' and those 4 or 5 other issues to me count as at the
very least alarm bells.

But I have to admit it seems close to 2.4.0. Its stayed up a lot better than
I expected under load once I fixed the scsi one

Alan

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