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SubjectRe: [PATCH] kmod: prevent kmod_loop_msg overflow in __request_module()
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On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:18:17 +0200 (CEST), Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Sep 2011, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Well, it will take two billion passes through here to cause the
> > overflow. I really hope you found this problem by inspection!
>
> Unfortunately not, it was more painful experience than code reading :)

Cool!

Changing it to unsigned would have helped too. But I've applied
this....

Thanks,
Rusty.


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