Hello, > > Except: I am not sure about -stable. At least, this patch should > > not go into the <2.6.35 kernels, it relies on misc changes which > > changed the scope of task->signal. Before 2.6.35 almost any user > > of ->cred_guard_mutex can race with exit and hit ->signal == NULL. > > I see no justification for a change like this in any -stable tree. It's > just a cleanup, right? If it's a prerequisite for the fix we like for an > "important" bug, then that's a different story. In its own right, it's > clearly not appropriate for backporting. Because [4/4] depend on [3/4] and I hope to backport it. Do you dislike it too? Thanks. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>