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Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 08:58:57 +1100 (EST)
From: Srihari Vijayaraghavan <sriharivijayaraghavan@yahoo.com.au>
Subject: Re: Oops on ibmasm
To: Max Asbock <masbock@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Vernon Mauery <vernux@us.ibm.com>
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--- Max Asbock <masbock@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> [...snip...]
> cmd->lock points to a persistent lock that is not
> freed with cmd. 

Thanks for the patch Max.

> ibmasm driver:
> Fix the command_put() function which uses a pointer
> for a spinlock that
> can be freed before dereferencing it.

Yup, that patch fixes the oops when slab debug is
enabled.

Assuming there are no unforseen regressions, may I
request for its inclusion in the upcoming 2.6.16?

Hari.


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