From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: depmod fixes for linux-stable releases
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2021 05:19:29 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210110101929.GG4035784@sasha-vm> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHk-=whNpzmU0UQ+dXU-A8tAyiKEzfrX-ax_80UmM77Ehjzy1A@mail.gmail.com>
On Sat, Jan 09, 2021 at 05:23:22PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>Ack, I think 436e980e2ed5 ("kbuild: don't hardcode depmod path") is
>stable material even if it doesn't fix a bug.
>
>Not only does the fix for that commit not make sense without the
>commit in the first place, but any environment that sets depmod
>somewhere else might well be an environment that still wants stable
>kernels.
>
>It may not be the traditional case, but there's little reason for the
>kernel build to force that /sbin/depmod location.
I'll take it, thanks!
--
Thanks,
Sasha
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2021-01-10 1:22 ` Fwd: depmod fixes for linux-stable releases Sedat Dilek
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2021-01-10 10:19 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
2021-01-10 17:20 ` Sedat Dilek
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