linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vfs: rw_copy_check_uvector()

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Date:	Tue, 22 Apr 2014 09:38:35 -0400
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Cc:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-Fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vfs: rw_copy_check_uvector() - free iov on error

On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 10:42:52AM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
 
 > >  > Your patch looks a lot more complete than the quick hack I did a few
 > >  > days ago when coverity first started nagging about this, but in testing
 > >  > I've found that something really ugly starts showing up when you patch this
 > >  >
 > >  > The symptoms vary, but always are some kind of slab corruption.
 > >  > Here's the last example:
 > >  >
 > >  > The crash happens very quickly (within a few seconds of running trinity) for me.
 > >
 > > Al, Miklos ?
 > 
 > I probably am blind, but I can't see how that will cause slab corruption.
 > 
 > Have you verified that it's just that single patch and no other change?

yeah, runs a lot longer (before eventually hitting other issues) without
the patch.

	Dave

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