Re: FW: Linux kernel file offset pointer races

From: Frank Steiner
Date: Tue Aug 10 2004 - 01:09:47 EST


Alan Cox wrote:

If you want a fix now grab the Red Hat or SuSE published fixes. The
final stuff will probably look very different because Linus has
proposed a different solution that makes it harder for new drivers to
make the same mistakes again

Thank you very much for clarifying this!

cu,
Frank

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