linux-kernel - Re: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 000000000000000e (reset_prng

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Date:	Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:34:59 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
	mingo@...e.hu, nhorman@...driver.com, simon@...e.lp0.eu,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 000000000000000e (reset_prng_context)

On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 09:51:53PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> And I agree with me.  I fail to see how someone who is familiar with
> kernel code and who is reviewing a submission could let something like
> 
> 	for (i=DEFAULT_BLK_SZ-1;i>0;i--) {
> 
> pass without comment.

Well here is the code in question in its entirety:


        /*
         * Now update our DT value
         */
        for (i=DEFAULT_BLK_SZ-1;i>0;i--) {
                ctx->DT[i] = ctx->DT[i-1];
        }

I'm afraid that I simply don't see your point.

> btw, I've searched my linux-kernel archives and netdev archives and the
> linux-crypto web archives and can find no sign of any submission or
> discussion of this patch.  Am I looking in the wrong places?

http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org/msg02082.html

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