Re: [linux-usb-devel] RE: [PATCH -R] Re: 2.4.10 is toxic to my system when I use my US

Georg Acher (acher@in.tum.de)
Thu, 27 Sep 2001 14:20:06 +0200

On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 11:00:24AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:

> yep. this is one reason why the 2.4.10 kernel clears the ->next and ->prev
> pointers in list_del() - the above code will break immediately.

Good intention, very bad timing. All of these bug-provoking fixes for a
production kernel should only occur in the first kernels of a -pre-series,
not in the last one.

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         Georg Acher, acher@in.tum.de         
         http://www.in.tum.de/~acher/
          "Oh no, not again !" The bowl of petunias          
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