Re: connector: Bugfix for cn_call_callback()

[Evgeniy Polyakov]

On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 12:26:12PM +0100, Philipp Reisner (philipp.reisner@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> Hi Evgeniy,

Hi Philipp.

> When one stresses the connector code, with sending many messages
> from userspace to kernel, one could get in the "unlikely()"
> part in cn_call_callback().
> 
> There a new __cbq gets allocated, and a NULL pointer got assigned
> to the callback by dereferencing __cbq. This is the bug. The right
> thing is the dereference the original __cbq. Therefore the bugfix
> is to use a new variable for the newly allocated __cbq. 
> 
> This is tested, and it fixes the issue.

Yes, your patch is correct.

> Signed-off-by: Philipp Reisner <philipp.reisner@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Lars Ellenberg <lars.ellenberg@xxxxxxxxxx>

I will push it, thanks a lot.

-- 
	Evgeniy Polyakov
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