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    SubjectRe: [patch 00/21] 2.6.19-stable review
    Eric W. Biederman wrote:
    > Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> writes:
    >
    >> On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:31:41 -0500
    >> Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com> wrote:
    >>> What is the status of:
    >>>
    >>>
    >> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.20/2.6.20-mm2/broken-out/x86_64-mm-simplfy-__assign_irq_vector.patch
    >> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.20/2.6.20-mm2/broken-out/x86_64-mm-handle-irqs-pending-in-irr-during-irq-migration.patch
    >>
    >> That's mainly an Andi decision. Let's cc him.
    >>
    >>> They fix a serious bug that causes machines to freeze up
    >>> or just run very slowly.
    >>>
    >>> I'd like to see these in -stable if possible.
    >> They're not even in mainline yet.
    >
    > If you don't have it you at least want the patch below. It generally
    > makes the bug non-fatal.
    >
    > I'm still working my way through possible fixes... Although the
    > patch in question is close, and normally fixes it in my utmost
    > paranoia I can still find problems with it.

    We've tested it and found no problems so far. It's definitely
    better than what's there now. :)
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