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Re: [PING][PATCH][BZ #15073] Fix race in free.
- From: David Miller <davem at davemloft dot net>
- To: maxim at kugelworks dot com
- Cc: carlos at redhat dot com, schwab at linux-m68k dot org, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org, neleai at seznam dot cz
- Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2014 20:14:09 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: Re: [PING][PATCH][BZ #15073] Fix race in free.
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From: Maxim Kuvyrkov <maxim@kugelworks.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2014 13:17:04 +1300
> On 28/12/2013, at 12:35 pm, Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> On 12/27/2013 06:24 PM, Maxim Kuvyrkov wrote:
>>>> Thus if there are interested parties in getting this fixed for
>>>> any non-trunk branches then those parties need to backport, test,
>>>> and submit the patch as usual for ACK'ing by the branch maintainer.
>>>
>>> Fair enough. I will backport and test the patch for 2.15 onwards. Do
>>> I have your ACK to commit to 2.15 and 2.16 provided there are no
>>> regressions?
>>
>> Given no regressions I approve this patch for 2.15 and 2.16.
>>
>> Please make sure you add a 2.15.1 and 2.16.1 section if not already
>> present in NEWS and add the bug number to the list of bugs fixed.
>>
>> Traditionally we create BZ entries for the backports, but I don't
>> think we need to waste time doing that. Just using the single BZ
>> is sufficient, but please update the BZ as you fix each of the
>> release branches.
>>
>> Does that make sense?
>
> Carlos, yes. There are no regressions for 2.15 onwards (tested on x86_64-linux-gnu).
>
> Dave, OK to commit the fix to 2.17 and 2.18?
Yes, this is fine.