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Date:      Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:08:10 -0700
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        svn-src-stable@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-stable-7@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r195696 - in stable/7: crypto/openssh secure/lib/libssh
Message-ID:  <20090721040810.GA84807@dragon.NUXI.org>
In-Reply-To: <200907142046.n6EKkJwO070823@svn.freebsd.org>
References:  <200907142046.n6EKkJwO070823@svn.freebsd.org>

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On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 08:46:19PM +0000, John Baldwin wrote:
> Date: Tue Jul 14 20:46:19 2009
> New Revision: 195696
> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/195696
> Log:
>   MFC: Use the closefrom(2) system call.
> Modified:
>   stable/7/crypto/openssh/   (props changed)
>   stable/7/crypto/openssh/config.h
>   stable/7/crypto/openssh/ssh_namespace.h
>   stable/7/secure/lib/libssh/   (props changed)
>   stable/7/secure/lib/libssh/Makefile

Hi John,
Would you mind backing out this commit from 7-stable.
This change mades it so one cannot seriously boot a machine multiuser
with an older kernel as /usr/sbin/sshd dies due to bad system call.  I
think the MFC of this part of the closefrom(2) addtion edge up against
POLA for a mature -stable branch.

Even in -CURRENT it's good form to add a new system call and then
immedately use it... without some time laps to allow folks to boot
a week old kernel.

Thanks,
-- David



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