Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] modules fix incorrect percpu usage | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Date | Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:20:01 -0400 |
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On Mon, 2010-03-29 at 23:36 -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: > * Mathieu Desnoyers (mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com) wrote: > > Should use per_cpu_ptr() to obfuscate the per cpu pointers (RELOC_HIDE is needed > > for per cpu pointers). > > > > Introduced by commit: > > > > module.c: commit 6b588c18f8dacfa6d7957c33c5ff832096e752d3 > > > > This patch should be queued for the stable branch, for kernels 2.6.29.x to > > 2.6.33.x. > > (tested on 2.6.33.1 x86_64) > > It's actually needed for mainline too (2.6.34-rc2).
Then all you need to do is submit it for mainline with a "Cc: stable@kernel.org" as you did below. It will then automatically be added to the stable queue when Linus pulls it.
-- Steve
> > Thanks, > > Mathieu > > > > > Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> > > CC: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> > > CC: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com> > > CC: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> > > CC: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> > > CC: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> > > CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> > > CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> > > CC: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> > > CC: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> > > CC: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> > > CC: stable <stable@kernel.org> > > --- > > kernel/module.c | 2 +- > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > >
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