Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 26 Mar 2002 18:27:12 -0500 (EST) | From | "Mr. James W. Laferriere" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ATM locking fix. |
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Hello Dave , I have attached the linux-atm list so they can see what you have found . Hth , JimL
On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, David S. Miller wrote:
> > I'm applying this patch with some minor cleanups of my own. > > I went and then checked around for atm_find_dev() users to > make sure they held the atm_dev_lock, and I discovered several pieces > of "hidden treasure". > > Firstly, have a look at net/atm/common.c:atm_ioctl() and how it > accesses userspace while holding atm_dev_lock. That is just the > tip of the iceberg. > > ATM sorely needs a maintainer. Any of the kernel janitors want to > learn how ATM works? :-)))) > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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