linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.25-mm1: not looking good

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Date:	Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:57:12 -0400
From:	Paul Moore <paul.moore@...com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de, penberg@...helsinki.fi,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, jmorris@...ei.org, sds@...ho.nsa.gov
Subject: Re: 2.6.25-mm1: not looking good

On Thursday 17 April 2008 9:35:38 pm Andrew Morton wrote:
> I dropped git-selinux and that crash seems to have gone away.  It
> took about five minutes before, but would presumably have happened
> earlier if I'd reduced the cache size.
>
> btw, wouldn't this
>
> --- a/security/selinux/netnode.c~a
> +++ a/security/selinux/netnode.c
> @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static int sel_netnode_insert(struct sel
>  	if (sel_netnode_hash[idx].size == SEL_NETNODE_HASH_BKT_LIMIT) {
>  		struct sel_netnode *tail;
>  		tail = list_entry(node->list.prev, struct sel_netnode, list);
> -		list_del_rcu(node->list.prev);
> +		list_del_rcu(&tail->list);
>  		call_rcu(&tail->rcu, sel_netnode_free);
>  	} else
>  		sel_netnode_hash[idx].size++;
> _
>
> be a bit clearer?  If it's correct - I didn't try too hard :)

Looks good to me, although before I fix this let me try and figure out 
why this code is causing the machine to puke all over itself.  
Priorities you know :)

-- 
paul moore
linux @ hp
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