Re: [PATCH for 2.6.24][regression fix] Mempolicy: silently restrictnodemask to allowed nodes V3

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Tue Feb 12 2008 - 00:09:18 EST


On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:30:22 +0900 KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Andrew
>
> # this is second post of the same patch.
>
> this is backport from -mm to mainline.
> original patch is http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120250000001182&w=2
>
> my change is only line number change and remove extra space.

This is identical to what I have now.

> please ack.

As it's now post -rc1 and not a 100% obvious thing, I tend to hang onto
such patches for a week or so before sending up to Linus

Should this be backported to 2.6.24.x? If so, the reasons for such a
relatively stern step should be spelled out in the changelog for the
-stable maintiners to evaluate.

Thanks.
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