Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:53:04 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] modules fix incorrect percpu usage |
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On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:52:08 -0400 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 > > It applies to mainline as of 2.6.34-rc2. This patch should be queued for the > stable branch, for kernels 2.6.29.x to 2.6.33.x. > (based on 2.6.33.1, also applies to 2.6.34-rc2 -tip)
Why do you beleive this should be backported to -stable? What are the user-visible effects of this change?
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