Re: [PATCH] modules fix incorrect percpu usage

[Steven Rostedt]

On Mon, 2010-03-29 at 23:36 -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> * Mathieu Desnoyers (mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> > Should use per_cpu_ptr() to obfuscate the per cpu pointers (RELOC_HIDE is needed
> > for per cpu pointers).
> > 
> > Introduced by commit:
> > 
> > module.c: commit 6b588c18f8dacfa6d7957c33c5ff832096e752d3
> > 
> > This patch should be queued for the stable branch, for kernels 2.6.29.x to
> > 2.6.33.x.
> > (tested on 2.6.33.1 x86_64)
> 
> It's actually needed for mainline too (2.6.34-rc2).

Then all you need to do is submit it for mainline with a 
"Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx" as you did below. It will then automatically be
added to the stable queue when Linus pulls it.

-- Steve

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mathieu
> 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > CC: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > CC: Eric Dumazet <dada1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > CC: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > CC: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
> > CC: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
> > CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > CC: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > CC: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
> > CC: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > CC: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  kernel/module.c |    2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > 

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