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SubjectRe: Slab corruption in 2.6.16-rc5-mm2
Andrew Morton wrote:

> Well yes, Lee sent the fix to the guy who he got the kernel release from in
> the reasonable expectation that I'd take care of getting it to where it
> needed to be.
>
> Problem is, a) I screwed up, b) James screwed up and c) someone just
> happened to change those few lines of code in that place within a few-day
> window.
>
> That triple-combo doesn't happen very often.
>

I guess what I'm advocating isn't foolproof either: the guy who wrote
the patch might die (knock on wood) ;)

Carry on.

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