Bug 291783

Summary:	Please mark =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.31-r6 and =sys-kernel/vanilla-sources-2.6.31.6 stable
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Rick Jenkins <rick>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Gentoo Kernel Bug Wranglers and Kernel Maintainers <kernel>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	axiator, chris.burroughs, lpmichalik, ole+gentoo
Priority:	High	Keywords:	STABLEREQ
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:	285860
Bug Blocks:

Description Rick Jenkins 2009-11-03 20:25:58 UTC

I run several stable systems, using KDE. The recent upgrade to
KDE4 forces me to use an unstable kernel >=gentoo-sources-2.6.31 in order to
make the system work, see bug #288346. KDE3.5 is about to be removed from
portage, so I must soon upgrade all my systems to KDE4. 

Is it possible to stabilise a suitable kernel, so that a stable KDE4 system can
be built?


Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Mike Pagano gentoo-dev

2009-11-04 16:32:45 UTC

Stabilizing 2.6.31 is definitely in our plans. Right now we have a few regressions in 2.6.31 I'd like to see resolved.  But we have not forgotten about making a 2.6.31 stable.

Comment 2 Mike Pagano gentoo-dev

2009-11-15 19:57:09 UTC

Please consider stabilizing =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.31-r6 and matching
=sys-kernel/vanilla-sources-2.6.31.6. They fix bug 291904, which is present in
all 2.6.31[<.6] kernels, see [1] for the upstream bug. This bug causes multiple race conditions in fs/pipe.c

[1]http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-3547

Comment 3 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-11-18 01:44:19 UTC

Stable for HPPA.

Comment 4 Christian Faulhammer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-11-26 10:34:43 UTC

x86 stable

Comment 5 Christian Faulhammer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-11-26 10:46:47 UTC

For other arches.  Have a look at http://www.faulhammer.org/archiv-mainmenu-31/35-gentoo/309-kernel-testing-request-2631 and see if your arch is mentioned in the comments.

Comment 6 Markus Meier gentoo-dev

2009-11-26 17:53:16 UTC

amd64/arm stable

Comment 7 Joe Jezak (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-11-30 07:59:36 UTC

Marked ppc/ppc64 stable.

Comment 8 Raúl Porcel (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-12-11 20:30:12 UTC

alpha/ia64/sh/sparc stable, closing