Re: [PATCH] loop.c: kernel_thread() retval check

Alan Cox
2006-08-20T22:50:56Z

Ar Llu, 2006-08-21 am 02:34 +0400, ysgrifennodd Solar Designer:
> Alan,
>
> On Sun, Aug 20, 2006 at 07:15:17PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
>
> Thanks.
>
> > but should go into 2.6-mm and be tested in 2.6-mm before 2.4 backport.
>
> Unfortunately, I do not intend to prepare/test/submit a revision of the
> patch for 2.6-mm, and I might only work on a 2.6 patch in a few months
> from now. Unless someone else takes care of this, the fix is likely to
> get dropped on the floor.
>
> Do you really think that getting this fix into 2.4 should be delayed
> like that?

I have no problem with it going into 2.4. Someone should forward port it
- but there should be plenty of people on the lists to do that.