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Message-ID: <20070921144053.GA28101@auslistsprd01.us.dell.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:40:53 -0500
From: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@...l.com>
To: Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@...hat.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Frank Cusack <fcusack@...sack.com>, linux-ppp@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ppp_mppe: Don't put InterimKey on the stack
On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 04:08:09PM +0200, Michal Schmidt wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The interrupt stack can be in the __START_KERNEL_map region in which
> virt_to_page will not work. This caused ppp_mppe to crash on CentOS 5 on x86_64
> (http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=2076).
>
> The fix is to avoid copying the interim key. We can simply use it in its
> original place, which is kmalloc'd.
Needs a Signed-off-by: line, but otherwise, looks good, and even saves
some stack space. Thanks for tracking this down.
-Matt
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Matt Domsch
Linux Technology Strategist, Dell Office of the CTO
linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux
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