Re: [11/11] x86_64: TASK_SIZE fixes for compatibility mode processes

[Justin M. Forbes]

On Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 09:45:17AM -0700, Siddha, Suresh B wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 08:49:47PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 11:44:26AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > > -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
> > 
> > I think the patch is too risky for stable. I had even my doubts
> > for mainline.
> 
> hmm.. Main reason why Andrew posted this for stable series is because of
> the memory leak issue mentioned in the patch changeset comments...
> 
I would say if Andi has concerns for this stable series, we should indeed
leave it out.  That said, I will be testing this patch a bit further
myself, and because it does address a real memory leak issue, we should
consider it or another fix for stable 2.6.12.4.

Justin M. Forbes
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