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Subject: Re: [PATCH] cgroups: fix a serious bug in cgroupstats
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> The patch applies OK to 2.6.25, 2.6.26 and to 2.6.27.  I marked it as
> needing backport to those kernel versions.  Please let me know if that
> was inappropriate.
> 

Forgot to mention this:

The bug exists from 2.6.24 (when cgroupstats is introduced) to now, though
I didn't test in all those versions. I guess not many people used cgroupstats,
so it never gets triggered.

I think it can be applied to 2.6.24 too.