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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.27-rc4-git1: Reported regressions from 2.6.26
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:40:10 -0700 (PDT)
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On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Peter Osterlund wrote:
> 
> Why not just revert the offending change and try again during the next
> merge window, assuming someone has figured out an acceptable way to
> handle this mess by then?

Well,, for 2.6.27 that's what we'll have to do. But there's actually a 
real problem here - the unlocked ioctl's (which we _should_ prefer) have a 
strictly weaker and worse interface. I also wonder if any other 
block_ioctl users were converted..

Anyway, I'll take your email as an ack for the revert.

		Linus