[Bug 12718] Memory leak in 2.6.10++ with software raid md, affects Ubuntu kernel

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------- Additional Comments From fabbione at ubuntu.com  2005-08-23 14:27 UTC -------
(In reply to comment #8)
> We have fixed it for the current version of Ubuntu, see
> http://projects.openoffice.nl/downloads/ubuntu-kernel-2.6.10-fix/
> The fix itself is rather trivial (the overhead of hunting it down, patching, bug
> reporting etc. was not). (While we're at it: closing the bug "because it's fixed
> in $someversion" while the current kernel is affected with a memory leak feels a
> bit strange. Don't the Ubuntu developers care about kernel memory degradation?)

Why publishing extra kernels when the fix made hoary too? Yes we do care of
degradations
and so on, but when releasing for stable, we need to be even more care not to
introduce regressions
= takes more time to tests.

fabio

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