From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Vincent Li <macli@brc.ubc.ca>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com,
mel@csn.ul.ie, mpm@selenic.com, macli@brc.ubc.ca
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs/proc/: fix input sanity check.
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:05:28 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090811150528.a9bc7719.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1250026466-8769-1-git-send-email-macli@brc.ubc.ca>
On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:34:26 -0700
Vincent Li <macli@brc.ubc.ca> wrote:
> fix fs/proc/task_mmu.c clear_refs_write(), fs/proc/base.c proc_fault_inject_write()
> and proc_fault_inject_operations() input sanity check by following the disccusion of
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-mm&m=124938168905463&w=2.
Would prefer that the changelog not consist of a link to another patch
which is already quite poorly changelogged, please!
What, precisely was wrong with the old code and how does the patch
change its behaviour.
This matters. The patch potentially changes the kernel<->userspace
interface and we must fully understand the nature of that change so as
to minimise the risk of breaking existing userspace application code.
Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-08-11 22:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-08-11 21:34 [PATCH] fs/proc/: fix input sanity check Vincent Li
2009-08-11 22:05 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2009-08-12 17:58 ` Vincent Li
2009-08-12 19:17 ` David Rientjes
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