linux-kernel - Re: kdevtmpfs oops since yesterdays vfs merge

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Date:	Mon, 25 Jul 2011 07:15:51 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: kdevtmpfs oops since yesterdays vfs merge

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 01:53:08AM -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 06:12:51AM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
>  
>  > Arrgh...  OK, I see what's going on.
>  > 
>  >                                 req->err = handle(req->name, req->mode, req->dev);
>  >                                 complete(&req->done);
>  >                                 req = req->next;
>  > is letting the request creator to continue; if it leaves the scope, guess
>  > what is left in *req?  That's right, garbage...  Including req->next.
>  > All right, try this and let's see if it fixes the problem:
>  
> Yep, that solves the problem.

OK, to Linus it goes tomorrow morning...  I'm about to fall asleep right now
and queue needs a bit of reordering ;-/
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