Re: [PATCH][V2] Make get_user_pages interruptible

Randy Dunlap
2008-11-24T20:46:24Z

Benjamin LaHaise wrote:
> 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.

Subject: [PATCH][V3]Make get_user_pages interruptible

when sent to lkml begins with:

From: Paul Menage <menage@google.com>

but linux-mm shows it beginning with:

make get_user_pages interruptible

[according to my mail files]

~Randy

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~Randy