Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 23 Mar 2003 14:13:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 23 Mar 2003 14:13:59 -0500 Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.31.123]:34308 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 23 Mar 2003 14:13:58 -0500 Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 20:25:03 +0100 From: Martin Mares To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Stephan von Krawczynski , Pavel Machek , szepe@pinerecords.com, arjanv@redhat.com, alan@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Ptrace hole / Linux 2.2.25 Message-ID: <20030323192503.GA14181@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> References: <200303171604.h2HG4Zc30291@devserv.devel.redhat.com> <1047923841.1600.3.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> <20030317182040.GA2145@louise.pinerecords.com> <20030317182709.GA27116@gtf.org> <20030321211708.GC12211@zaurus.ucw.cz> <20030323110052.5267cba8.skraw@ithnet.com> <3E7DB99B.5050509@pobox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3E7DB99B.5050509@pobox.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1281 Lines: 30 Hi Jeff! > I think you misunderstand my point: there was a patch posted which > fixes the ptrace issue. If you want to fix your kernel, there are two > options: either you are capable enough apply that patch yourself, > otherwise get a kernel update from a vendor. Sorry, but you seem to forget that a significant amount of people use kernel.org kernels, but don't monitor LKML nor are able to choose from the various patches floating there the most appropriate fix. If 2.4.21 were expected in a few days, it would make sense to delay the fix, but this doesn't seem to be the case, so I think that a hot-fix really should be released quickly (either as 2.4.20.1 or 2.4.21) > As for Alan, his task was easier: Guess how many patches are in 2.2.25? > One. ;-) And why couldn't it be the same for 2.4.21? Have a nice fortnight -- Martin `MJ' Mares http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/ Faculty of Math and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Earth The better the better, the better the bet. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/