From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S271426AbTGQNpG (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jul 2003 09:45:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S271428AbTGQNpG (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jul 2003 09:45:06 -0400 Received: from mailhost.tue.nl ([131.155.2.7]:30226 "EHLO mailhost.tue.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S271426AbTGQNpE (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jul 2003 09:45:04 -0400 Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 15:59:56 +0200 From: Andries Brouwer To: Andrew Morton Cc: Greg KH , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: what's left for 64 bit dev_t Message-ID: <20030717155956.A2364@pclin040.win.tue.nl> References: <20030716184609.GA1913@kroah.com> <20030716130915.035a13ca.akpm@osdl.org> <20030716210253.GD2279@kroah.com> <20030716141320.5bd2a8b3.akpm@osdl.org> <20030716213607.GA2773@kroah.com> <20030716150010.6ba8416f.akpm@osdl.org> <20030716221154.GA3051@kroah.com> <20030716151939.1762a3cf.akpm@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20030716151939.1762a3cf.akpm@osdl.org>; from akpm@osdl.org on Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 03:19:39PM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 03:19:39PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > The situation at present is that Linus will take the patches, > but I ain't sending them because viro has expressed oblique > concerns over the approach. I'd like to get his take on it > before proceeding. But he has vanished again. Aha. So, recently I diagnosed a deadlock, and this gives some more insight in the nature of the deadlock. It would be vaguely interesting to see these oblique concerns dated and quoted.