Re: [PATCH,TRIVIAL] Fix csum_ipv6_magic asm memory clobber

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Wed Sep 30 2009 - 18:46:18 EST


On 09/30/2009 03:40 PM, Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> You describe it as "trivial" and also cc stable@xxxxxxxxxxx These things
> are contradictory!
>
> Maybe backporting it is a good idea from a sleep-soundly-at-night POV.
> I don't know..
>

/me suspects it was supposed to mean "trivially correct", which isn't
really what "trivial" means. This is a potentially serious bug and
should be treated as such.

-hpa
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