Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261783AbVE0Jkq (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 May 2005 05:40:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262420AbVE0Jh5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 May 2005 05:37:57 -0400 Received: from e3.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.143]:38861 "EHLO e3.ny.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261783AbVE0Jes (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 May 2005 05:34:48 -0400 Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 15:12:58 +0530 From: Dinakar Guniguntala To: Paul Jackson Cc: Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds , Simon Derr , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.12-rc4: resent] cpuset exit NULL dereference fix Message-ID: <20050527094258.GA5517@in.ibm.com> Reply-To: dino@in.ibm.com References: <20050527090243.30833.93829.sendpatchset@tomahawk.engr.sgi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050527090243.30833.93829.sendpatchset@tomahawk.engr.sgi.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 767 Lines: 20 On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 02:02:43AM -0700, Paul Jackson wrote: > Andrew, > > Resubmitting the same patch I submitted yesterday. Simon Derr > and I agree that we need this patch now to fix a kernel crash. > > The potential scaling issues are theoretical at this time. > When they become more real, we will be in a better position to > consider more ambitious changes to cpuset locking and reference > counting. > > Meanwhile -- this patch is small, simple, and needed. > Acked-by: Dinakar Guniguntala - 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/