Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:34:31 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Jean-Sebastien Pedron <dumbbell@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys event.h src/sys/kern vfs_aio.c
Message-ID:  <20080125093431.GA26126@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <200801241710.m0OHAJCG083388@repoman.freebsd.org>
References:  <200801241710.m0OHAJCG083388@repoman.freebsd.org>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Thu, Jan 24, 2008 at 05:10:19PM +0000, Jean-Sebastien Pedron wrote:
> dumbbell    2008-01-24 17:10:19 UTC
> 
>   FreeBSD src repository
> 
>   Modified files:
>     sys/sys              event.h 
>     sys/kern             vfs_aio.c 
>   Log:
>   When asked to use kqueue, AIO stores its internal state in the
>   `kn_sdata' member of the newly registered knote. The problem is that
>   this member is overwritten by a call to kevent(2) with the EV_ADD flag,
>   targetted at the same kevent/knote. For instance, a userland application
>   may set the pointer to NULL, leading to a panic.
>   
>   A testcase was provided by the submitter.

Given we have a test case, should it be put in our regression suit?

./danfe



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20080125093431.GA26126>