linux-kernel - Re: epoll oops.

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Message-ID: <20131014191712.GA16886@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 14 Oct 2013 21:17:12 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>,
	Eric Wong <normalperson@...t.net>
Subject: Re: epoll oops.

On 10/14, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> Oleg, does this trigger any memory for you? Commit 971316f0503a
> ("epoll: ep_unregister_pollwait() can use the freed pwq->whead") just
> makes me go "Hmm, this is *exactly* that that commit is talking
> about.."

Well. I have to admit I forgot everything I learned about this code
when I tried to fix that bug, and there were some subtle changes after
that... But of course I will try to investigate.

Oleg.

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