From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752222Ab2DDVI0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Apr 2012 17:08:26 -0400 Received: from mail-pz0-f52.google.com ([209.85.210.52]:54371 "EHLO mail-pz0-f52.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751883Ab2DDVIZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Apr 2012 17:08:25 -0400 Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 14:08:21 -0700 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Tom Goff Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Eric W. Biederman" Subject: Re: [PATCH] sysfs: Update the name hash for an entry after changing the namespace Message-ID: <20120404210821.GB1716@kroah.com> References: <6AFD35BEDB60334C9A31FD694E13EF0D22CFFA40B3@XCH-NW-18V.nw.nos.boeing.com> <20120404203004.GA10737@boeing.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120404203004.GA10737@boeing.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Apr 04, 2012 at 01:30:04PM -0700, Tom Goff wrote: > On Wed, Apr 04, 2012 at 12:22:36 -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 04, 2012 at 12:06:20PM -0700, Tom Goff wrote: > > > This is needed to allow renaming network devices that have been moved > > > to another network namespace. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Tom Goff > > > --- > > > fs/sysfs/dir.c | 2 +- > > > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > > > Is this a bug in 3.4-rc1 and older kernels? If so, how old? > > > > thanks, > > > > greg k-h > > Yes, this is a bug in 3.4-rc1. The patch is really a change to > d5c38b137ac8a6e3dbed13bc494d60df5b69dfc4 'sysfs: Update the name hash > when renaming sysfs entries', committed on January 31. Good, that patch only went into 3.4-rc1 and nothing newer, I'll queue this up for 3.4-only, thanks for letting me know. greg k-h