Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] net: unix: fix use-after-free

[Jason Baron <jbaron@akamai.com>]

On 10/11/2015 07:55 AM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Jason Baron <jbaron@akamai.com>
> Date: Fri,  9 Oct 2015 00:15:59 -0400
> 
>> These patches are against mainline, I can re-base to net-next, please
>> let me know.
>>
>> They have been tested against: https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/9/13/195,
>> which causes the use-after-free quite quickly and here:
>> https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/10/2/693.
> 

Hi,

> I'd like to understand how patches that don't even compile can be
> "tested"?
> 
> net/unix/af_unix.c: In function ‘unix_dgram_writable’:
> net/unix/af_unix.c:2480:3: error: ‘other_full’ undeclared (first use in this function)
> net/unix/af_unix.c:2480:3: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
> 
> Could you explain how that works, I'm having a hard time understanding
> this?
> 

Traveling this week, so responses a bit delayed.

Yes, I screwed up the posting. I had some outstanding code in my
local tree to make it compile, but I failed to refresh my patch series
with this outstanding code before mailing it out. So what I tested/built
was not quite what I mailed out.

As soon as I noticed this issue in patch 3/3 I re-posted it here:

http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=144440355808472&w=2

in an attempt to avoid this confusion. I'm happy to re-post the series
or whatever makes things easiest for you.

> Also please address Hannes's feedback, thanks.
> 

I've replied directly to Hannes.

Thanks,

-Jason