linux-kernel - Re: [patch 32/37] CRYPTO: api: scatterwalk_copychunks() fails to advance through scatterlist

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Message-ID: <20070331213534.GA18053@fieldses.org>
Date:	Sat, 31 Mar 2007 17:35:34 -0400
From:	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org,
	Justin Forbes <jmforbes@...uxtx.org>,
	Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@....linux.org.uk>,
	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Chuck Wolber <chuckw@...ntumlinux.com>,
	Chris Wedgwood <reviews@...cw.f00f.org>,
	Michael Krufky <mkrufky@...uxtv.org>,
	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk
Subject: Re: [patch 32/37] CRYPTO: api: scatterwalk_copychunks() fails to advance through scatterlist

On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 12:14:37PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote:
> Indeed.  That patch was buggy.  Sorry for not catching this earlier.

Yep, thanks for the fix.  I used the wrong length, then tested with a
case where nbytes would always be less than PAGE_SIZE, which doesn't hit
this problem.  Apologies!

--b.
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