Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 25 May 2007 13:38:13 -0400 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: Multiple free during oprofile unload |
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On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 07:13:52PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > > > > > So what, the alternative is leave oprofile busted in 2.6.21.x even longer? > > stable is about backporting _well tested_ patches from mainline. > > If the stable request comes in from someone 5 minutes after the mainline submission > I don't see how that testing should happen.
And how many people have picked up on the fact that the fix in 2.6.22rc is busted in the last week ? Ie, we'd be waiting probably until after .22 goes out before we found out it's still horked, and leaving .21.x busted for another three weeks.
If the functionality is completely busted in -stable, adding a patch that's isolated to that component can't really make things much worse. All we've done here is move the breakage.
Dave
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