Re: [PATCH] 2.6.13rc3: RLIMIT_RTPRIO broken
[Posted July 26, 2005 by corbet]
| From: |
| Ingo Molnar <mingo-AT-elte.hu> |
| To: |
| Paolo Ciarrocchi <paolo.ciarrocchi-AT-gmail.com> |
| Subject: |
| Re: [PATCH] 2.6.13rc3: RLIMIT_RTPRIO broken |
| Date: |
| Tue, 26 Jul 2005 14:06:17 +0200 |
| Cc: |
| Andreas Steinmetz <ast-AT-domdv.de>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds-AT-osdl.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm-AT-osdl.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailinglist <linux-kernel-AT-vger.kernel.org> |
* Paolo Ciarrocchi <paolo.ciarrocchi@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2005/7/26, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>:
> [...]
> > [back from KS/OLS]
> >
> > indeed. The effect of the bug is that RLIMIT_RTPRIO is completely
> > non-functional in 2.6.12.
> >
> > Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
>
> Ingo, Lee, Andreas,
> the patch seems to be quite simple and is a fix for a regression.
> Is anybody going to FW it to the stable team ?
i'd not put it into stable just yet - the fact that it has not been
tested in 2.6.12 _at all_ up until very recently means there's little QA
feedback. Yes, it's simple, but it also triggers something we never did
before. 2.6.13 ought to be released soon, that should be good enough.
Ingo
