Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1764481AbXEYRia (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 May 2007 13:38:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1763529AbXEYRiU (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 May 2007 13:38:20 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:36351 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752689AbXEYRiT (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 May 2007 13:38:19 -0400 Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 13:38:13 -0400 From: Dave Jones To: Andi Kleen Cc: Chuck Ebbert , linux-kernel Subject: Re: Multiple free during oprofile unload Message-ID: <20070525173813.GA2875@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Andi Kleen , Chuck Ebbert , linux-kernel References: <4656FA04.5000403@redhat.com> <200705251742.35692.ak@novell.com> <20070525161837.GA26105@redhat.com> <200705251913.53097.ak@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200705251913.53097.ak@suse.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1073 Lines: 28 On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 07:13:52PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > > > > > So what, the alternative is leave oprofile busted in 2.6.21.x even longer? > > stable is about backporting _well tested_ patches from mainline. > > If the stable request comes in from someone 5 minutes after the mainline submission > I don't see how that testing should happen. And how many people have picked up on the fact that the fix in 2.6.22rc is busted in the last week ? Ie, we'd be waiting probably until after .22 goes out before we found out it's still horked, and leaving .21.x busted for another three weeks. If the functionality is completely busted in -stable, adding a patch that's isolated to that component can't really make things much worse. All we've done here is move the breakage. Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk - 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/