Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:34:33 +0900 | From | Tejun Heo <> | Subject | Re: [stable] [PATCH 2.6.29.x - 2.6.31.1] module: fix __module_ref_addr() |
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On 03/30/2010 11:12 AM, Tejun Heo wrote: > Hello, Greg. > > On 03/30/2010 06:07 AM, Greg KH wrote: >>> Yes. 2.6.34-rc does not have this issue anymore, but the patch is needed in >>> -stable. >> >> Why is this not in .34-rc2? Can you find the specific patch in Linus's >> tree that solves this and let stable@kernel.org know about it? > > For 2.6.34, the following two patches should remove the problem. > They're not in mainline yet but should appear in linux-next soon and > after a few days, I'll push them to Linus. > > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/958794/focus=959493
Oh, Steven is right. The ones which are removed by the above patch are different ones. That said, it might be a good idea to apply fixes for them to -stable too. Mathieu, are you interested in submitting similar -stable fixes for kernel/module.c::percpu_modcopy() and lockdep.c::static_obj()?
Thanks.
-- tejun
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