Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:44:36 -0700
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Bernd Schmidt <bernds_cb1@t-online.de>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
       David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
       uclinux-dist-devel@blackfin.uclinux.org,
       Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
       stable@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH] FLAT: fix uninitialized ptr with shared libs
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On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:14:02AM +0100, Bernd Schmidt wrote:
> Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > IOW, the whole patch really seems to be total and utter crap. Why didn't 
> > people spend a bit more effort lookin at it?
> 
> Just sloppiness, I'm afraid.
> 
> > IOW, shouldn't the patch be something like the appended?
> > 
> > UNTESTED. I did not compile this, or the previous patch. I have not tried 
> > it. I'm not going to commit it. I'm hoping to get a patch back that is 
> > tested and/or explains my concerns with the previous one..
> 
> Your version seems to work fine.  Please apply it.

Linus, this doesn't seem to be in your tree yet.  Did it get lost in the
noise?

thanks,

greg k-h
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