Re: [PATCH] linux-2.6.24: avoid kernel error if ubifs superblock read fails

[Steffen Sledz <sledz@dresearch.de>]

Am 27.09.2010 22:15, schrieb Tom Rini:
>>> the first concern is that mainline 2.6.34 still has the
>>> code you have deleted. I'd expect that others would have
>>> bumped into this too and that it would have been fixed this
>>> upstream. Since it isn't, chances are that upstream might
>>> have fixed the autofs detection in a different way. If they
>>> do this differently maybe we should backport that solution.
>>
>> I've suggested the same patch at the LKML and informed the
>> UBIFS authors. But i do believe because of it's "low prio"
>> it will need some time to go into the mainline.
> 
> So it is queued somewhere then?

Yes, meanwhile in a modified way.

<http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128532926311387&w=2>
<http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128559006603975&w=2>

I'll wait the final decision there and then push the commit at least for the 2.6.24 backport.

I don't know, if it's really necessary to patch all linux recipes because there are a lot of them and it's just a cosmetic change.

Steffen

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