Re: [stable] [PATCH 2.6.29.x - 2.6.31.1] module: fix __module_ref_addr()

[Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>]

* Tejun Heo (tj@kernel.org) wrote:
> On 03/30/2010 11:12 AM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > Hello, Greg.
> > 
> > On 03/30/2010 06:07 AM, Greg KH wrote:
> >>> Yes. 2.6.34-rc does not have this issue anymore, but the patch is needed in
> >>> -stable.
> >>
> >> Why is this not in .34-rc2?  Can you find the specific patch in Linus's
> >> tree that solves this and let stable@kernel.org know about it?
> > 
> > For 2.6.34, the following two patches should remove the problem.
> > They're not in mainline yet but should appear in linux-next soon and
> > after a few days, I'll push them to Linus.
> > 
> >  http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/958794/focus=959493
> 
> Oh, Steven is right.  The ones which are removed by the above patch
> are different ones.  That said, it might be a good idea to apply fixes
> for them to -stable too.  Mathieu, are you interested in submitting
> similar -stable fixes for kernel/module.c::percpu_modcopy() and
> lockdep.c::static_obj()?

Sure, will do. I'm doing a bit of testing and I'll post these patches shortly.

Thanks,

Mathieu

> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -- 
> tejun

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