Re: [PATCH][V2] Make get_user_pages interruptible

Benjamin LaHaise
2008-11-24T20:28:47Z

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 07:38:34PM +0000, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> Hi Ben,
>
> On Mon, 24 Nov 2008, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> > The linux-mm list has a tiresome habit of removing one line at the top.
> >
> > For a year or so I used to wonder why Christoph Lameter sent so many
> > empty messages in response to patches: at last I realized he was
> > sending a single-line Acked-by: which linux-mm kindly removed.
> >
> > I grow tired of it, but forget who to report it to: Rik is sure to know.
> >
> > Ah, looking at the raw mailbox, I see
> >
> > ...
> > X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org
> > David: I made the two fixes and posted another thread as [PATCH][V3]
> > X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 Nov 2008 17:39:37.0205 (UTC) FILETIME=[9EEC5A50:01C94E5B]
> > ...
> >
> > so it looks as if a first line with a colon gets treated as header.
> >
> > Of course, in your case, it serves you right for top-posting ;)
>
> Thanks to Andrew for reminding me that you're the man for linux-mm:
> see from the above, I have a gripe - please, something you could fix?

At least in my own testing, I can't reproduce this behaviour, and I tried
sending out single test: foo messages with both mutt and mail. Provide a
reliable test case and I'll fix it, but at this point I'm inclined to believe
that people are sending out mangled messages.

-ben
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