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

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Message-ID: <20121016110254.2f2df195@mj>
Date:	Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:02:54 -0400
From:	Pavel Roskin <proski@....org>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Bisected regression in Linux 3.7.0-rc1, hang on login caused by
 replace_fd()

On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:48:53 +0100
Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 07:40:08PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> > On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:27:05 +0100
> > Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> > 
> > > 	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.
> > 
> > Yes, it's working now!  No more hang on login!
> 
> That should be closer to the final variant.

It works me, thank you!  I don't use SELinux, so I could not really
test the second part.

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin
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