Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 02:05:18 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: Andries Brouwer <Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl>
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       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Empty partition nodes not created (was device node issues with
 recent mm's and udev)
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Andries Brouwer <Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl> wrote:
>
> On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 01:10:09AM -0700, Chris Wright wrote:
> > * Andries Brouwer (aebr@win.tue.nl) wrote:
> > > No, there is no problem but an intentional change in behaviour in -mm
> > > and now also in 2.6.11.8.
> > 
> > I think this should be backed out of -stable.
> 
> I was surprised to find it in, after I had written
> 
> ============
> Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:58:07 +0200
> 
> For the time being, although I do not object to the patch,
> obviously, since it is my own, I cannot see any reason to
> add it to the "fixed" release.
> ============
> 
> but maybe including it was done by mistake?
> It wasn't mentioned, I think, in the changelog.
> 
> There was a report that it fixed an oops,
> but the report is unconfirmed and ununderstood.
> 
> Should it be backed out of 2.6.11.8? Possibly - but if it will be
> part of 2.6.12 or 2.6.13 then I would be inclined to leave it.
> 
> Andrew asks whether it should be removed from -mm.

It was merged into Linus's tree on March 8th (via bk, thank gawd.  How do
you find out that sort of info using git?  Generating a full log is
cheating).

> Will first read all my mail and then reply to that letter.
> Maybe you should coordinate with Andrew and take the same decision.

I'm proposing that we revert that change from Linus's tree.
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