From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
Cc: aaron@merfinllc.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tytso@mit.edu,
stable@kernel.org
Subject: Re: drivers/char/random.c line 728 BUG
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 16:12:48 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080903161248.6f7ee1ff.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1220482297.17608.84.camel@calx>
On Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:51:37 -0500
Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> wrote:
> Here's a more expansive version:
>
> ___Avoid checking lock-protected entropy_count when lock isn't held. This
> fixes a bug reported by and diagnosed by Aaron Straus.
>
> This fixes a regression introduced into 2.6.26 by
>
> commit adc782dae6c4c0f6fb679a48a544cfbcd79ae3dc
> Author: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
> Date: Tue Apr 29 01:03:07 2008 -0700
>
> random: simplify and rename credit_entropy_store
That regression already got fixed, and the fix is now in mainline and
is queued for 2.6.26.x. So we would need a new rationale, please.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-09-03 23:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-08-26 22:59 drivers/char/random.c line 728 BUG Aaron Straus
2008-08-28 22:59 ` Aaron Straus
2008-08-29 19:48 ` Andrew Morton
2008-08-29 19:54 ` Andrew Morton
2008-08-29 22:31 ` Aaron Straus
2008-08-29 22:42 ` Andrew Morton
2008-09-03 18:18 ` Matt Mackall
2008-09-03 18:28 ` Aaron Straus
2008-09-03 22:12 ` Matt Mackall
2008-09-03 22:32 ` Andrew Morton
2008-09-03 22:51 ` Matt Mackall
2008-09-03 23:12 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
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