Re: Stability of 2.6.17-rc3?

[Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>]

> Was hoping 2.6.17 would be out within one week, doesn't look like it
> is going to happen.
> My thesis defense is coming up, need to merge my patches against some kernel
> (requiring 2.6.16.1 looks weird).
>
Surprisingly I'm in the same position ^_^ Basing my patches on 2.6.16 makes 
a lot of changes produce compiler warnings again (e.g. due to changed 
prototypes in ipt_* matches and targets).

> On a machine that 2.6.16.1 runs bug-free, is it sane to assume
> 2.6.17-rc3 will as well?
> If it fails outright, I can revert, but if it is unstable I'm going to
> have some problems.
> (You would be surprised how long it took me to discover a mistake that
> sys_rename(on any filesystem) -> deadlock with my custom patch).

If it is a kernel problem, report it. If it is a problem of your patch, 
well, I suppose you need to fix it then. :/


Jan Engelhardt
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