Re: [patch 00/32] 2.6.20-stable review

Chris Wright
2007-06-08T15:46:22Z

* Fortier,Vincent [Montreal] (Vincent.Fortier1@EC.GC.CA) wrote:
> I have encoutered a bug using fixdep when compiling the Apani VPN
> contivity client v3.3 (v3.5 seems fine). The bug started happening with
> the release of the 2948 build of FC6 kernel (corresponding to a post
> 2.6.20.7) and caused fixdep to segfault. This has been fixed in 2.6.21.
> I tried to trigger the bug using the 2.6.21 patch (thnx to the raw ouput
> option in git.kernel.org) and it really seems to resolve the problem.
>
> The original commit:
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.20.y.git;a=commit;h=3dedd29b0ef5c7a36ac835ac5524a6a8e22c22ab
>
> The fix:
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.21.y.git;a=commit;h=1ea6b2418cd2c6a6f31067ed6ece5cd12c69351e
>
> Could it be included in this new stable release of 2.6.20 ?

That patch is actually in this review cycle. If you want to grab the
roll-up patch and test, that would be great.

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/stable-review/patch-2.6.20.14-rc1.{gz,bz2}

thanks,
-chris