Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261849AbVEZXkh (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 May 2005 19:40:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261851AbVEZXkh (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 May 2005 19:40:37 -0400 Received: from omx2-ext.sgi.com ([192.48.171.19]:40874 "EHLO omx2.sgi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261849AbVEZXkc (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 May 2005 19:40:32 -0400 Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 16:40:18 -0700 From: Paul Jackson To: Simon Derr Cc: akpm@osdl.org, dino@in.ibm.com, torvalds@osdl.org, Simon.Derr@bull.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.12-rc4] cpuset exit NULL dereference fix Message-Id: <20050526164018.4880ecac.pj@sgi.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20050526082508.927.67614.sendpatchset@tomahawk.engr.sgi.com> Organization: SGI X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.0 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1017 Lines: 25 Would it make sense, Simon, to recommend to Andrew that he take the simple patch I submitted yesterday for this now, since it avoids a kernel crash and the risk of other uglies? Then, when we understand that improved scalability is needed, and we have agreed on a solution to that, offer up a second patch? I don't mind doing fancier solutions if we need them, but unless you sense we can obtain rapid agreement on something, I don't think it's a good idea to avoid the simple fix, while we are evaluating more complex solutions. I for one do not have a sense of rapid agreement ;). -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson 1.650.933.1373, 1.925.600.0401 - 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/