linux-kernel - Re: [stable] [2.6.20.17 review 32/58] fs: 9p/conv.c error path fix

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Message-ID: <20070822185941.GA6129@kroah.com>
Date:	Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:59:41 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@...il.com>
Cc:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
	Mariusz Kozlowski <m.kozlowski@...land.pl>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [stable] [2.6.20.17 review 32/58] fs: 9p/conv.c error path fix

On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 10:53:02AM -0500, Eric Van Hensbergen wrote:
> On 8/22/07, Willy Tarreau <w@....eu> wrote:
> > When buf_check_overflow() returns != 0 we will hit kfree(ERR_PTR(err))
> > and it will not be happy about it.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Mariusz Kozlowski <m.kozlowski@...land.pl>
> > Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
> > Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
> Acked-by: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@...il.com>
> 
> This seems to be in the current code as well, I'll forward-port the patch...

Huh?  It's not already in mainline?  Then how did it ever get into the
stable queue?

Ugh.

greg k-h
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