Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760394AbXKCULz (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Nov 2007 16:11:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755749AbXKCULs (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Nov 2007 16:11:48 -0400 Received: from extu-mxob-1.symantec.com ([216.10.194.28]:35370 "EHLO extu-mxob-1.symantec.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755141AbXKCULs (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Nov 2007 16:11:48 -0400 Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 20:10:52 +0000 (GMT) From: Hugh Dickins X-X-Sender: hugh@blonde.wat.veritas.com To: Christoph Lameter cc: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Oliv=E9r_Pint=E9r?= , Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , Willy Tarreau , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] slub: fix leakage In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <6101e8c40711031027x3f946b28p324dadeab7c1b2c3@mail.gmail.com> 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: 1091 Lines: 26 On Sat, 3 Nov 2007, Christoph Lameter wrote: > On Sat, 3 Nov 2007, Hugh Dickins wrote: > > On Sat, 3 Nov 2007, Christoph Lameter wrote: > > > On Sat, 3 Nov 2007, Hugh Dickins wrote: > > > > > > > Later Christoph noticed that I'm not handling the SlabDebug case right. > > > > So stable should ignore my patch, and he will come up with another. > > > > > > Hmmm? I thought you wanted to test the patch provided? > > > > Yes. Sounds like you see a contradiction there - I don't see it. > > Maybe language issues. I read this as meaning that there is no fix > available yet. Neither of us has yet posted a correct patch which applies to 2.6.23 and 2.6.22. I'm testing your 2.6.24-rc patch overnight, and if that's fine then one of us will post the version for -stable. I thought I'd better leave that to you, after I've reported back. Hugh - 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/