linux-kernel - Re: Bad ext3/nfs DoS bug

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Message-ID: <20060718152341.GB27788@circe.esc.cam.ac.uk>
Date:	Tue, 18 Jul 2006 16:23:41 +0100
From:	James <20@...ingley.org>
To:	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
Cc:	James <20@...ingley.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Bad ext3/nfs DoS bug

> What is the reason behind your question? Does disabling subtree checking
> changes something?

just that the iget() call which causes the problem in 2.6
is happening in the subtree checking code, not based on
analysis of the flow.

James.
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