Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:30:14 -0400 | From | Mathieu Desnoyers <> | Subject | Re: [patch 4/4] Markers Support for Proprierary Modules |
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* Rusty Russell (rusty@rustcorp.com.au) wrote: > On Thursday 20 March 2008 11:27:41 Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: > > There seems to be good arguments for markers to support proprierary > > modules. So I am throwing this one-liner in and let's see how people react. > > It only makes sure that a module that has been "forced" to be loaded won't > > have its markers used. It is important to leave this check to make sure the > > kernel does not crash by expecting the markers part of the struct module by > > mistake in the case there is an incorrect checksum. > > OK, I've applied this to my tree. That means it will be in 2.6.26 unless you > want me to push it earlier. > > Thanks, > Rusty.
I think it's ok to wait for 2.6.26, since we are already very far in the 2.6.25 release process and it's more a "feature" than a "bugfix".
Thanks,
Mathieu
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