From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932545AbXGPRZu (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:25:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753924AbXGPRZk (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:25:40 -0400 Received: from e33.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.151]:49039 "EHLO e33.co.us.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751690AbXGPRZj (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:25:39 -0400 Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:25:35 -0500 To: David Miller Cc: ebiederm@xmission.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] crash in 2.6.22-git2 sysctl_set_parent() Message-ID: <20070716172535.GB5771@austin.ibm.com> References: <20070713200515.GS5549@austin.ibm.com> <20070713.154702.17863636.davem@davemloft.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070713.154702.17863636.davem@davemloft.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 From: linas@austin.ibm.com (Linas Vepstas) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 03:47:02PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: linas@austin.ibm.com (Linas Vepstas) > Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:05:15 -0500 > > > > > This is a patch (& bug report) for a crash in sysctl_set_parent() > > in 2.6.22-git2. > > > > Problem: 2.6.22-git2 crashes with a stack trace > > > > Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas > > Thanks for tracking this down, I'll apply your patch. NAK. As I just explained in another email, this bug was introduced by the "send-to-self" patch I habitually apply -- so habitually, that I forgot I was not working with a "clean" tree. So it goes ... --linas