Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:00:38 -0700 | From | "Paul E. McKenney" <> | Subject | Re: 3.9-rc1 NULL pointer crash at find_pid_ns |
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On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 04:00:54PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > On Sat, Mar 09, 2013 at 07:51:46AM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 09, 2013 at 04:01:41PM +0800, Li Zefan wrote: > > > > [ . . . ] > > > > > > This way, "ptr" is executed exactly once, and the check and the > > > > hlist_entry() are both using the same value. > > > > > > I just played with trinity, and triggered this bug in just a few mins, > > > and I tried Paul's proposed fix and it works. > > > > Thank you for testing this! Please see below for the patch. > > > > Sasha, will you be pushing this or would you like me to do so? > > [crickets] > > Given this has been hanging for the better part of another week, > Paul why not send it Linus so hopefully rc3 doesn't have this bug ?
Good point! I sent a pull request.
Thanx, Paul
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