Re: fbcon: remove soft scrollback code

2021-01-14 Thread Alan Mackenzie
the problems (including the security problems) anywhere? >So far I haven't actually seen any patches, which means that it's not >coming back. But with a few pertinent patches, it might come back, perhaps? [ ] Linus -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

Re: 0e334db6bb4b1fd1e2d72c1f3d8f004313cd9f94 (posix-timers: Fix division by zero bug). Problems with glibc.

2019-02-05 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Thomas. On Mon, Feb 04, 2019 at 17:25:11 +, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > On Sat, 2 Feb 2019, Alan Mackenzie wrote: [ ] > > I've just built and installed Linux 4.19.19, and it does indeed solve > > the Emacs profiler bug, #34235. :-) > > I see that the p

Re: 0e334db6bb4b1fd1e2d72c1f3d8f004313cd9f94 (posix-timers: Fix division by zero bug). Problems with glibc.

2019-02-02 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Thomas. Thanks for such a rapid reply! On Fri, Feb 01, 2019 at 23:04:48 +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > Hello Alan, > On Fri, 1 Feb 2019, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > 0e334db6bb4b1fd1e2d72c1f3d8f004313cd9f94 > > posix-timers: Fix division by zero bug > > Committed: 2

0e334db6bb4b1fd1e2d72c1f3d8f004313cd9f94 (posix-timers: Fix division by zero bug). Problems with glibc.

2019-02-01 Thread Alan Mackenzie
n Emacs and glibc, or between glibc and Linux, or that there is some intrinsic problem with the patch. I have very little familiarity with glibc and Linux source code, so I would be greatful if you could help me investigate the bug scenario. Naturally, I will help as I can in this process. Thanks in advance! -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).