linux-kernel - Re: Bisected regression in Linux 3.7.0-rc1, hang on login caused by replace

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Message-ID: <20121015232705.GM2616@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:27:05 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Pavel Roskin <proski@....org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Bisected regression in Linux 3.7.0-rc1, hang on login caused by
 replace_fd()

	I think I understand what's going on there.  Add fput(files[0])
after that replace_fd(); we have a leak and while that's not the right
way to fix it, that'd verify if anything else is going on there.
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