On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 03:01:20PM -0500, Kyle McMartin wrote: > On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 08:29:39PM +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > > I'd like to apply the two attached patches unless there are any > > objections. It implements flush_anon_page on ARM and for this changes > > the parameter line passed to flush_anon_page() in the arch-independent > > code. I grepped debian/patches and it seems that nothing else touches > > flush_anon_page() so it should be harmless for other architectures if > > I apply this patch. > > > > Having this patch fixes FUSE on ARM (see #402876) and possibly also > > cryptsetup/LUKS (see #403426). > > > > Any objections? > > Do you intend on committing this patch to be applied on all architectures or > just on arm? No objection if it's just to arm, but I'd be concerned that it > might trample fixes that went in for fuse on hppa a while back. > > Regards, > Kyle
I'm really not a fan of patches applies only on a given arch - makes security updates a much bigger PITA. I'd *really* appreciate it people would avoid using them. Using it is a regression from what we accomplished with the 2.6.8 kernel in sarge. -- dann frazier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
