Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:02:35 -0700 | | From | Andi Kleen <> | | Subject | Re: [stable] [PATCH] [26/98] af_unix: Only allow recv on connected seqpacket sockets. |
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> Andi - Ubuntu has reverted this patch for both Lucid (2.6.32) and > Natty (2.6.38) as it appears to cause a networking regression, though > we never really figured out root cause. Empirically, reverting the > patch solved the issue. Eric Biederman theorized that it uncovered a > user space issue (trying to read before listen), but the bug reporter > seems to have lost interest in testing kernels so we couldn't ever pin > it down. > > http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/791512 > > We also decided that reverting this patch was likely OK because we > couldn't find any Launchpad reports of the Ooops mentioned in the > patch commit log, nor does a google search turn up any hits.
Thanks for the heads-up. I'm dropping it.
-Andi
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