linux-kernel - Fwd: Re: [PATCH] NFS: Fix Oopses in nfs_lookup_revalidate and nfs4_lookup

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Message-ID: <5059A9F0.2070409@cape-horn-eng.com>
Date:	Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:18:08 +0200
From:	Richard Ems <richard.ems@...e-horn-eng.com>
To:	"Myklebust, Trond" <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
CC:	"linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org" <linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Subject: Fwd: Re: [PATCH] NFS: Fix Oopses in nfs_lookup_revalidate and nfs4_lookup_revalidate

Hi all,

I still don't see this patch in the 3.5.x series.
Will it make it into 3.5.5?

Thanks,
Richard


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [PATCH] NFS: Fix Oopses in nfs_lookup_revalidate and
nfs4_lookup_revalidate
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 12:23:43 +0200
From: Richard Ems <richard.ems@...e-horn-eng.com>
To: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
CC: linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org

On 08/15/2012 10:49 PM, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> This Oops affects 3.5 kernels and older, and is due to lookup_one_len()
> calling down to the dentry revalidation code with a NULL pointer
> to struct nameidata.
> 
> It is fixed upstream by commit 0b728e1911c (stop passing nameidata *
> to ->d_revalidate())
> 
> Reported-by: Richard Ems <richard.ems@...e-horn-eng.com>
> Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>


Hi Trond,

I don't see this patch going into 3.5.3 at
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/stable-review/patch-3.5.3-rc1.gz
.
Shouldn't it be included in 3.5.3 ?

Thanks,
Richard


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