Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:14:08 -0800 (PST) | Subject | Re: [PATCH] parisc: fix module loading failure of large kernel modules (take 4) | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:22:53 -0800 (PST)
> On Wed, 31 Dec 2008, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > > Adrian claimed that it was gcc-4.1.0 and 4.1.1 only. He proposed > > banning them: http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/8/5/444 > > If it really is just those releases, then yes, considering the number of > cases we apparently have, and considering how ugly it is in some cases to > move the weak function anywhere else, maybe banning those versions is the > proper thing to do. > > It probably won't hurt very many people - yeah, some people will be forced > to upgrade, but I have this memory of early 4.1 having had other bugs > anyway, so it's probably a good idea.
I think this is probably the best way to handle this.
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