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

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Date:	Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:08:04 +0300 (EEST)
From:	"Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
cc:	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH]: tcp: Fix queue traversal in tcp_use_frto().

On Tue, 23 Sep 2008, David Miller wrote:

> 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 :-)

Rest assured, it will definately do that once some rewrite or so 
happens... :-)

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