On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:32:52 -0700, Greg KH <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 01:22:23AM +0200, Sasha Levin wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 1:09 AM, Greg KH <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 12:57:47AM +0200, Sasha Levin wrote: > > >> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 12:41 AM, Greg KH <[email protected]> > > >> wrote: > > >> > For the patch below, what are the "real world use cases" that would > > >> > cause this to be needed in the stable kernel trees? Is there an > > >> > in-kernel module that is affected by this limitation? > > >> > > >> There are no in-kernel modules which are affected, the "real world" > > >> scenario is debug modules generated by Ksplice. > > > > > > So why is this needed for the stable kernels? This really looks like a > > > feature not a bugfix to me, how about you? > > > > I guess it depends on whether you consider the inability to load > > modules bigger than 64mb as a bug or not. > > As there is no in-kernel user with this problem, no, I don't think it's > a bug that meets the rules documented in > Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt, do you?
Your call, but it has been my policy to support ksplice, such as making sure we export symbols it needs. And this really is a low-risk change. Thanks, Rusty. -- How could I marry someone with more hair than me? http://baldalex.org -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
