On Wed, 02 May 2012 17:15:29 +0530 Suresh Jayaraman <sjayaraman@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 04/28/2012 09:03 AM, Steve French wrote: > > The fix makes sense, but it is fairly recent and I haven't had a > > chance to try it, > > so unless a new release is imminent, I would prefer to put in the next merge > > request (I have at least one more fix likely as well) next week. > > We need this fix for -stable as well, right? Please include > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Suresh > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-cifs" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html The stable-kernel-rules.txt file says this: - It must fix a real bug that bothers people (not a, "This could be a problem..." type thing). ...and... - No "theoretical race condition" issues, unless an explanation of how the race can be exploited is also provided. ...and this seems to clearly violate both of those rules. I'd say we just go with putting it in 3.4 for now, and keep it in mind if someone comes back later and says that it's needed. -- Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-cifs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
