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[Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@xxxxxxxx>]

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Ben Kevan wrote:
> On Friday 02 November 2007 09:54:56 am Randall R Schulz wrote:
> > On Wednesday 31 October 2007 09:08, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > <https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=336669>
> > >
> > > ...
> > <https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=336669#c32>
> >
> > -==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==-
> > [PATCH] reiserfs: bad unlock in reiserfs_xattr_get
> >
> > ...
> >
> > This is what I was looking for. I've found a bug where if getxattr() is
> > called with either a NULL buffer (common) or a too small buffer (not
> > common), it incorrectly unlocks the mutex, despite it not having been
> > locked.
> >
> > I've checked in a patch to the CVS tree.
> > -==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==-
> >
> >
> > Hurrah!
> >
> > How long might it take to get a new kernel release out???
> >
> >
> > Waiting with bated breath...
> >
> > Randall Schulz
>
> Don't see the same issue in 2.6.23 :o) .. 
>
> Have you tried applying the patch? 

It wouldn't be in vanilla 2.6.23, but it would be in the CVS HEAD kernel
based on 2.6.23.

Today's KOTD kernel[1,2] should have the fix included. This is the tree
that will eventually be the update kernel.

- -Jeff

[1] ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/kernel/kotd/SL103_BRANCH

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Jeff Mahoney
SUSE Labs
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