Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030349AbWEKQtg (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 May 2006 12:49:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030354AbWEKQtg (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 May 2006 12:49:36 -0400 Received: from iabervon.org ([66.92.72.58]:33550 "EHLO iabervon.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030349AbWEKQtf (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 May 2006 12:49:35 -0400 Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 12:50:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Daniel Barkalow To: Maciej Soltysiak cc: Chris Wright , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.16.16 In-Reply-To: <296295514.20060511123419@dns.toxicfilms.tv> Message-ID: References: <20060511022547.GE25010@moss.sous-sol.org> <296295514.20060511123419@dns.toxicfilms.tv> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1011 Lines: 28 On Thu, 11 May 2006, Maciej Soltysiak wrote: > Hello Chris, > > Thursday, May 11, 2006, 4:25:47 AM, you wrote: > > Trond Myklebust: > > fs/locks.c: Fix lease_init (CVE-2006-1860) > I want to say that I like the quick stable cycle. People like to see > fixes. Big thanks! > > However... > I must say that usually I know if I need the the update, > eg. I do not care for SCTP that much so I could skip that update. > > But this one looks important, something that every kernel build > has in its code path, however I am unable to say if I need it badly > or maybe not. It looks from the commit that it is a user-triggerable lockup and memory leak. Perhaps the posting of the patch should include the comments? -Daniel *This .sig left intentionally blank* - 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/