linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] taskstats: fix nl parsing in accounting/getdelays.c

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Message-ID: <5720DFA1.3080503@6wind.com>
Date:	Wed, 27 Apr 2016 17:49:53 +0200
From:	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
To:	bsingharora@...il.com
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] taskstats: fix nl parsing in
 accounting/getdelays.c

Le 27/04/2016 17:47, Nicolas Dichtel a écrit :
> The type TASKSTATS_TYPE_NULL should always be ignored.
> 
> When jumping to the next attribute, only the length of the current
> attribute should be added, not the length of all nested attributes.
> This last bug was not visible before commit 80df554275c2, because the
> kernel didn't put more than two nested attributes.
> 
> Fixes: a3baf649ca9c ("[PATCH] per-task-delay-accounting: documentation")
> Fixes: 80df554275c2 ("taskstats: use the libnl API to align nlattr on 64-bit")
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
Please, drop this version. I fatfingered my rebase.