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Subject: Re: release() locking
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Andrew Morton wrote:

>"Udo A. Steinberg" wrote:
>
>>I guess there's something wrong with the changes you made, and it only
>>shows with the modifications that Andrew made - and since he says he
>>only fixed some bits of the code, the broken bits must have been there
>>before.
>>
>Maybe so.  Can you identify the exact kernel version at which
>the problem started?
>
The release() functions patch went into pre3.  It looks like Jens' bio 
changes went into pre4.  

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