On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 09:44:34AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > On Tue, 08 Feb 2011 21:20:42 -0600 > "Jayson R. King" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > drivers/char/hvc_console.c: In function 'hvc_open': > > drivers/char/hvc_console.c:315: error: implicit declaration of function > > 'tty_kref_get' > > drivers/char/hvc_console.c:324: warning: assignment makes pointer from > > integer without a cast > > drivers/char/hvc_console.c:341: error: implicit declaration of function > > 'tty_kref_put' > > drivers/char/hvc_console.c: In function 'hvc_poll': > > drivers/char/hvc_console.c:558: warning: assignment makes pointer from > > integer without a cast > > drivers/char/hvc_console.c: In function 'hvc_remove': > > drivers/char/hvc_console.c:759: warning: assignment makes pointer from > > integer without a cast > > > > I don't see a tty_kref_get or tty_kref_put on 2.6.27. Those functions > > first appeared in 2.6.28. > > Correct - for 2.6.27 I don't think you *can* make the tty layer > non-exploitable without a major backport
So unless the bug is critical (I don't think it is), I'd rather avoid a major backport at this stage. Willy _______________________________________________ stable mailing list [email protected] http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/stable
