netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: drop write-only stack variable

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Date:	Sun, 07 Feb 2016 14:07:01 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dh.herrmann@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: drop write-only stack variable

From: David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@...il.com>
Date: Tue,  2 Feb 2016 18:17:54 +0100

> Remove a write-only stack variable from unix_attach_fds(). This is a
> left-over from the security fix in:
> 
>     commit 712f4aad406bb1ed67f3f98d04c044191f0ff593
>     Author: willy tarreau <w@....eu>
>     Date:   Sun Jan 10 07:54:56 2016 +0100
> 
>         unix: properly account for FDs passed over unix sockets
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@...il.com>

Applied, thanks.