Subject: Re: UFS quota null pointer dereference
To: None <tech-kern@NetBSD.org>
From: Matthias Scheler <tron@zhadum.org.uk>
List: tech-kern
Date: 06/26/2007 11:26:48
On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 10:54:35AM +0200, Geert Hendrickx wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 10:37:00AM +0200, Juergen Hannken-Illjes wrote:
> > An LKM will fail to load if the kernel version doesn't match so we can
> > expect admins to think twice before they use `modload -f'.
> 
> But when pulled up to the stable branches, the kernel version will match.

The kernel version of the "netbsd-4" branch was already changes once
after the rebranch. Changing it again should cause no harm other
than breaking LKMs which it is supposed to do.

	Kind regards

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Matthias Scheler                                  http://zhadum.org.uk/