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SubjectRe: [PATCH] exec: fix posix-timers leak and pending signal loss
Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Frankly, I think the old code is much more prone to unforeseen problems
> than the new.

It's a question of testing coverage, and historical fragility of that part
of the code. I'm uncomfortable making changes in there unless we're early
in the release cycle.

> > Had you not rolled three distinct patches into one (hint) I'd have
> > forwarded along the leak fix and sat on the rest for post-2.6.9.
>
> I don't like being an enabler of bad code. So I didn't do a separate fix
> inside something that I already knew needed to be ripped out. If you want
> an untested minimal fix for just the leak potential, leaving the semantics
> frotzed in multiple ways

As long as "frotzed" != "goes oops mysteriously two days after we release
2.6.9" I'm happy.

> you can try the following.

I shall, thanks.
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