Re: flush_anon_page on ARM - ABI change
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
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