linux-kernel - Re: [Uclinux-dist-devel] [PATCH] FLAT: fix uninitialized ptr with shared libs

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Message-ID: <8bd0f97a0906221400n536a12b8hcfcb1b6c911543ac@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:00:11 -0400
From:	Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	uclinux-dist-devel@...ckfin.uclinux.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org,
	Bernd Schmidt <bernds_cb1@...nline.de>
Subject: Re: [Uclinux-dist-devel] [PATCH] FLAT: fix uninitialized ptr with 
	shared libs

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 16:48, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Jun 2009, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>> should be cleaned up to apply to the master branch
>
> Hmm. Can somebody explain why we even bother to test bprm.cred for NULL
> that second time?

Bernd and/or David will have to cover this one

the previous discussion was here, but i dont think it answers the
questions you've raised:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.hardware.blackfin.kernel.devel/1905
-mike
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