linux-kernel - Re: [UPDATED PATCH] fix memory corruption from misinterpreted bad_inode

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Date:	Thu, 4 Jan 2007 15:06:51 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>
Cc:	Mitchell Blank Jr <mitch@...oth.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>,
	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [UPDATED PATCH] fix memory corruption from misinterpreted
 bad_inode_ops return values

On Thu, 4 Jan 2007 14:35:09 -0800 (PST)
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org> wrote:

> Anybody want to send in the patch that just generates separate versions 
> for
> 
> 	loff_t eio_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
> 	{
> 		return -EIO;
> 	}
> 
> 	int eio_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
> 	{
> 		return -EIO;
> 	..
> 

That's what I currently have queued.  It increases bad_inode.o text from 
200-odd bytes to 700-odd :(

<looks at sys_ni_syscall>
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