I didn't get a reply from the author yet. Not sure how to proceed from there but just in case I've build a debdiff too. (My first one, please feel free to rip it apart and reuse the pieces :).
The patch itself seems rather benign to me. Just two lines changed: For the "create_proc_entry" line see http://www.kernel.org/doc/htmldocs/procfs-guide.html#regularfile Quote: "To create a file in the root of the procfs, use NULL as parent parameter" For the second change "remove_proc_entry" there is no explicit mention of NULL parent pointers in procfs-guide, but checking the source at http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob;f=fs/proc/generic.c#l752 and http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob;f=fs/proc/generic.c;#l277 reveals that (no longer exported) proc_root is used internally if parent is NULL. So, as far as I can tell this patch has little potential for side effects. ** Attachment added: "sysprof_1.0.10-1ubuntu1.debdiff" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18803576/sysprof_1.0.10-1ubuntu1.debdiff -- sysprof-module doesn't build https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272204 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
