Re: FW: Linux kernel file offset pointer races

Alan Cox
2004-08-09T15:52:21Z

On Llu, 2004-08-09 at 09:33, Frank Steiner wrote:
> So this is for 2.4. What about 2.6? Distributors like RedHat have patched
> their 2.6.7 kernel accordingly, but I haven't found anything similar in
> the kernel tree from kernel.org. Do you know if there is any a fix for
> the 2.6 tree, too?

If you want a fix now grab the Red Hat or SuSE published fixes. The
final stuff will probably look very different because Linus has
proposed a different solution that makes it harder for new drivers to
make the same mistakes again