From: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@redhat.com>
To: kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru
Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: [patch] bug prematurely setting nr_frags
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 14:31:20 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020813143120.C12730@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200208130406.IAA20038@sex.inr.ac.ru>; from kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru on Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 08:06:13AM +0400
On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 08:06:13AM +0400, kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru wrote:
> Hello!
>
> > Huh? It's called from sock_alloc_send_skb, which is called from all
> > over the stack.
>
> It is used with data_len==0. The branch generating fragments is dead.
Ah, I see. Care for a patch to remove it altogether then? As for the
bug, does anyone else see a place where nr_frags can be set without
initializing a page pointer? Otherwise it looks like a random memory
corruption... what fun.
-ben
--
"You will be reincarnated as a toad; and you will be much happier."
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-08-13 18:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-08-09 20:14 [patch] bug prematurely setting nr_frags Benjamin LaHaise
2002-08-11 21:07 ` kuznet
2002-08-12 23:07 ` Benjamin LaHaise
2002-08-13 4:06 ` kuznet
2002-08-13 18:31 ` Benjamin LaHaise [this message]
2002-08-13 22:27 ` kuznet
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