From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752523AbZLaLP4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:15:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752427AbZLaLP4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:15:56 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:17074 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752328AbZLaLPz (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:15:55 -0500 Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd. Registered Address: Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SI4 1TE, United Kingdom. Registered in England and Wales under Company Registration No. 3798903 From: David Howells In-Reply-To: <20091230135704.ccd0a129.akpm@linux-foundation.org> References: <20091230135704.ccd0a129.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20091222171725.11854.10647.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> To: Andrew Morton Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, uclinux-dev@uclinux.org, Mike Frysinger Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] FDPIC: Respect PT_GNU_STACK exec protection markings when creating NOMMU stack Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:15:39 +0000 Message-ID: <24434.1262258139@redhat.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Andrew Morton wrote: > So these patches and the MN10300 ones didn't get merged. Presumably > because they're a grabbag of fixes and non-fixes and kinda-fixes with > no particular ordering or precedence and they arrived newly-minted > several days after the release of -rc1. > > I could suggest that you go back and sort them into 2.6.33-appropriate > fixes and 2.6.34-appropriate non-fixes. > > Or you could try to cook up a good-sounding reason why the whole lot > needs to go into 2.6.33. If you believe that ;) I did send them, plus others, during the merge window (albeit near the end). I then sent this lot after filtering out the extensions that should probably wait for the next merge window. David