From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@sandeen.net>
To: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>,
Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, keescook@chromium.org
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] sysctl: add pending proc_do_large_bitmap fix
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 14:18:32 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1790444d-db2a-6a92-b49e-513700c00f5c@sandeen.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2c1811ae-1cad-8ec8-7948-519517cf4eba@redhat.com>
On 3/21/19 12:13 PM, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> On 3/20/19 5:28 PM, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
>> Andrew, Kees,
>>
>> Eric sent a fix out for proc_do_large_bitmap() last month for when
>> using a large input buffer. After patch review a test case for the issue
>> was built and submitted. I noticed there were a few issues with the
>> tests, but instead of just asking Eric to address them I've taken
>> care of them and ammended the commit where necessary. There's a
>> few issues he reported which I also address and fix in this series.
>>
>> Since we *do* expect users of these scripts to also use them on older
>> kernels, I've also addressed not breaking calling the script for them,
>> and gives us an easy way to easily extend our tests cases for future
>> kernels as well.
>>
>> Before anyone considers these for stable as minor fixes, I'd recommend
>> we also address the discrepancy on the read side of things: modify the
>> test script to use diff against the target file instead of using the
>> temp file.
>>
>> Eric Sandeen (2):
>> test_sysctl: add proc_do_large_bitmap() test case
>> sysctl: Fix proc_do_large_bitmap for large input buffers
>
> Isn't this missing:
>
> [PATCH] sysctl: add proc_do_large_bitmap test node
Oh, I see, you rolled it into the test patch. that wasn't clear...
prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-03-21 19:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-03-20 22:28 [PATCH 0/6] sysctl: add pending proc_do_large_bitmap fix Luis Chamberlain
2019-03-20 22:28 ` [PATCH 1/6] test_sysctl: remove superfluous test_reqs() Luis Chamberlain
2019-03-20 22:28 ` [PATCH 2/6] test_sysctl: load module before testing for it Luis Chamberlain
2019-03-20 22:28 ` [PATCH 3/6] test_sysctl: ignore diff output on verify_diff_w() Luis Chamberlain
2019-03-20 22:28 ` [PATCH 4/6] test_sysctl: allow graceful use on older kernels Luis Chamberlain
2019-03-20 22:28 ` [PATCH 5/6] test_sysctl: add proc_do_large_bitmap() test case Luis Chamberlain
2019-03-20 22:28 ` [PATCH 6/6] sysctl: Fix proc_do_large_bitmap for large input buffers Luis Chamberlain
2019-03-21 16:42 ` [PATCH 0/6] sysctl: add pending proc_do_large_bitmap fix Kees Cook
2019-04-24 17:42 ` Eric Sandeen
2019-04-24 19:05 ` Kees Cook
2019-03-21 17:13 ` Eric Sandeen
2019-03-21 19:18 ` Eric Sandeen [this message]
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