From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262231AbVGLSwy (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jul 2005 14:52:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262195AbVGLSwe (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jul 2005 14:52:34 -0400 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:17566 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262022AbVGLSun (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jul 2005 14:50:43 -0400 Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 11:50:23 -0700 From: Chris Wright To: blaisorblade@yahoo.it Cc: stable@kernel.org, jdike@addtoit.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [stable] [patch 1/1] uml: fix TT mode by reverting "use fork instead of clone" Message-ID: <20050712185023.GY19052@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> References: <20050712172838.271E8D9A84@zion.home.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050712172838.271E8D9A84@zion.home.lan> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * blaisorblade@yahoo.it (blaisorblade@yahoo.it) wrote: > Revert the following patch, because of miscompilation problems in different > environments leading to UML not working *at all* in TT mode; it was merged > lately in 2.6 development cycle, a little after being written, and has caused > problems to lots of people; I know it's a bit too long, but it shouldn't have > been merged in first place, so I still apply for inclusion in the -stable > tree. Anyone using this feature currently is either using some older kernel > (some reports even used 2.6.12-rc4-mm2) or using this patch, as included in my > -bs patchset. > > For now there's not yet a fix for this patch, so for now the best thing is to > drop it (which was widely reported to give a working kernel). And upstream will leave this in, working to real fix? thanks, -chris