netdev - Re: [PATCH]: tcp: Fix queue traversal in tcp_use

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Date:	Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:00:34 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH]: tcp: Fix queue traversal in tcp_use_frto().

From: "Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:18:33 +0300 (EEST)

> For the record (as you probably know it already), this wasn't actually
> a real bug though it hits your BUG_ON since tcp_for_write_queue_from exits
> immediately, no garbage gets dereferenced.

Yes, that is correct.

It is actually disappointing for me, I thought maybe it would catch
a real bug somewhere :-)
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