Re: [BUG] New Kernel Bugs

Gabriel C
2007-11-14T21:59:20Z

Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> hi Matthew,
>
> On Wednesday 14 November 2007 06:35, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
>> Matthew Wilcox wrote:
>>> On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 12:46:20AM -0700, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
>>>> Finally they replied and asked to rediff it against their
>>>> git tree. I did that and sent patches back. No reply since then.
>>>>
>>>> And mind you, the patch is not trying to do anything
>>>> complex, it mostly moves code around, removes 'inline',
>>>> adds 'const'. What should I think about it?
>>> I'm waiting for an ACK/NAK from Hannes, the maintainer. What should I
>>> do?
>
> You could have informed me about this, and I would talk to Hannes
> myself. This would free up your mind from keeping track of this
> particular patch.
> Parallelize development, prevent things from being forgotten.
>
>
> Hi Hannes,
>
>> I haven't actually been able to test it here (too busy, sorry). If someone
>> else confirms it does it's job then
>>
>> Acked-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
>
> It's not in my mailbox on this machine, gladly we have lkml archived
> in the Net. Here is a positive tester report:
>
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/10/15/168:
>
> ======================
> Date Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:53:08 +0200
> From Gabriel C <>
> Subject Re: [PATCH 0/3] debloat aic7xxx and aic79xx drivers
>
>>> Compile tested and applies cleanly to 2.6.23.
>>> I don't have this hardware anymore and cannot run test these patches.
>> I can test these patches on an aic7892 controller later on today if you
> want.
>
> Works fine for me tested on :
>
> 03:0e.0 SCSI storage controller [0100]: Adaptec AIC-7892P U160/m [9005:008f]
> (rev 02)
>
> Gabriel
> =======================

I still run the patches on a box with 2.6.23 and one with 2.6.24-rc1 without any problems.
Didn't tested rc2/current git but I can if is needed.

If you need an Tested-by.. let me know.

>
> --
> vda

Gabriel