linux-kernel - Re: vmsplice triggering bug in kfree.

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Date:	Fri, 8 Jun 2012 14:04:18 -0400
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, axboe@...nel.dk,
	Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: vmsplice triggering bug in kfree.

On Thu, Jun 07, 2012 at 07:52:45AM +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
 > On Thu, 2012-06-07 at 06:40 +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
 > > On Thu, 2012-06-07 at 06:27 +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
 > > 
 > > > Thanks Dave, I'll take a look today on this report.
 > > > 
 > > 
 > > OK, trivial bug, I am testing a fix, thanks again.
 > > 
 > 
 > Not sure if you can reproduce this bug easily, if so could you test
 > following patch ?

haven't seen this reoccur since applying this patch, so it looks good to me.

Tested-by: Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
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