Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1423094AbXEDT1g (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 May 2007 15:27:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1766586AbXEDT1f (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 May 2007 15:27:35 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:42469 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1423094AbXEDT1e (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 May 2007 15:27:34 -0400 Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 12:24:07 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Roland McGrath Cc: Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds , Hugh Dickins , Christoph Lameter , "David S. Miller" , Andi Kleen , "Luck, Tony" , Rik van Riel , Benjamin Herrenschmidt , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, Stephen Smalley Subject: Re: incoming Message-ID: <20070504192407.GA32235@kroah.com> References: <20070504091434.106ad04d.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20070504185721.3CB7C1800A0@magilla.sf.frob.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070504185721.3CB7C1800A0@magilla.sf.frob.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-04-06) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 644 Lines: 18 On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 11:57:21AM -0700, Roland McGrath wrote: > > Ah. The patch affects security code, but it doesn't actually address any > > insecurity. I didn't think it was needed for -stable? > > I would not recommend it for -stable. > It is an ABI change for the case of a security refusal. ABI changes are not a problem for -stable, so don't let that stop anyone :) thanks, greg k-h - 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/