On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 12:46:29PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 11:04:40AM +0000, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > > * Horms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-12-15 13:28]: > > > I checked 2.6 upstream and the refcount field is present. > > > Curiously upstream 2.4 seems to neither include this field nor > > > a fix for CAN-2004-0814 (N.B not CAN-2004-081 as I misquoted above). > > > If anyone can correct me there I would be most grateful. > > > > Thanks for the analysis. Maybe you could contact upstream and ask why > > it hasn't been included and also mention this compatibility problem.
I will contact Marcello, but I am not confident of a reply. > It's not a problem. Linux doesn't gurantee any ABI stability. Agreed. -- Horms