Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030187AbWBYJJd (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Feb 2006 04:09:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932626AbWBYJJd (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Feb 2006 04:09:33 -0500 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:31504 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932625AbWBYJJd (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Feb 2006 04:09:33 -0500 Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 09:09:27 +0000 From: Russell King To: Andrew Morton Cc: mpm@selenic.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7] inflate pt1: clean up input logic Message-ID: <20060225090927.GA28552@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Andrew Morton , mpm@selenic.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <0.399206195@selenic.com> <4.399206195@selenic.com> <20060224221909.GD28855@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20060225065136.GH13116@waste.org> <20060225084955.GA27538@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20060225085541.GB27538@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20060225010436.0a948049.akpm@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060225010436.0a948049.akpm@osdl.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1146 Lines: 29 On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 01:04:36AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > Russell King wrote: > > > > FYI, here's the bk delta which introduced this fix. > > > > http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/diffs/lib/inflate.c@1.6?nav=index.html|src/.|src/lib|hist/lib/inflate.c > > > > Of course, not having per-file comments in BK means that we can't get > > at the cset comments which explain _why_ it is necessary. Maybe akpm > > keeps an archive of such things? > > It's easier to just google for well-chosen hunks of the patch. > > http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Kernel/2003-12/4615.html Ah, thanks. I eventually found my original mail which gives a full description of the problem: http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0312.2/1024.html -- Russell King Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ maintainer of: 2.6 Serial core - 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/