Re: Call traces w/ 2.6.35.2 (not w/ 2.6.35.1 plus 2.6.35.2-rc1)

From: Greg KH
Date: Sat Aug 14 2010 - 13:33:57 EST


On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 05:28:39PM +0200, Sedat Dilek wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 3:43 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 08:36:30AM +0200, Sedat Dilek wrote:
> >> Hope this helps to give an overview what has changed:
> [...]
> >
> > I still fail to understand what you are trying to show here at all.
> >
> > confused,
> >
> > greg k-h
> >
>
> I was trying to show you that the patches in .35.2-rc1 and .35.2 are
> not the same.

Yes, I know that, I did the release :)

> Normally, the rcX patches become the final ones.
>
> Unfortunately, I was too lazy to check the names of the patches and
> simply compared the files that have been modified (lines beginning
> with "diff --git a/file b/file").
>
> In the meantime, Mr./Mrs.(?) "wylda" (sorry, don't know if first or
> last name) bisected the problem [1].
>
> The confusing part for me is why "fresh" upstream patches entered a
> 2.6.35.y fix-series.

They were deemed necessary for inclusion.

> I can't say if only i386 is concerned, but as
>
> mm: fix missing page table unmap for stack guard page failure case
> mm: keep a guard page below a grow-down stack segment
>
> are also upstream patches, I think the both cause problems for
> .35-gitX also [2].

Yes, Linus just posted a potential fix. Can you try that out?

thanks,

greg k-h
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