Re: [fix] [git pull] VFS patches

[Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>]

On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:25:00 +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> 	Arrgghhh...
> 
> Sorry about that, I'd been sure I'd folded that one, but it actually got
> lost.  Please apply - that breaks execve().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
> ---
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
> index 4df3949..a647542 100644
> --- a/kernel/fork.c
> +++ b/kernel/fork.c
> @@ -1788,7 +1788,7 @@ bad_unshare_out:
>  int unshare_files(struct files_struct **displaced)
>  {
>  	struct task_struct *task = current;
> -	struct files_struct *copy;
> +	struct files_struct *copy = NULL;
>  	int error;
>  
>  	error = unshare_fd(CLONE_FILES, &copy);

This apparently prevents the general protection faults I was hitting
with 2.6.25-git8. Linus, please apply Al's fixup patch quickly, as it
will probably hit pretty much everyone trying it.

Thanks,
-- 
Jean Delvare