OK, here is the patch (without the long line) against 2.6.23-rc5 - what else needs to be done to get it committed?
Hi,
a. It needs a changelog that describes the problem and the patch.
b. It needs to apply cleanly to a current kernel.
(It does not apply cleanly now due to some odd line breaks [see #1
below.)
c. It needs to use tabs instead of spaces. That will probably help
on item b as well.
linux-2.6.23-rc5> dryrun < ~/fs-proc-read-sizes.patch 4 out of 4 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file fs/proc/base.c.rej