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From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Ceph fixes for 5.1-rc7
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 19:31:48 +0100
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On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 11:24:53AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> I suspect they only care that the data they gather for the network
> packet is coherent, and passes internal sanity tests. You get either
> old or new, but at least you don't get "not NUL terminated because the
> length didn't match the data".

I'm not familiar enough with the protocol to tell if it's actually
OK; if anything, it's a question to ceph folks...