Re: [PATCH] IPC: bugfix for msgrcv with msgtyp < 0

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Mon Aug 26 2013 - 16:42:56 EST


On Sat, 24 Aug 2013 08:49:25 -0400 Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 08/24/2013 07:44 AM, Svenning S__rensen wrote:
> > According to 'man msgrcv':
> > "If msgtyp is less than 0, the first message of the lowest type that is less
> > than or equal to the absolute value of msgtyp shall be received."
> >
> > Bug: The kernel only returns a message if its type is 1; other messages with
> > type < abs(msgtype) will never get returned.
> >
> > Fix: After having traversed the list to find the first message with the
> > lowest type, we need to actually return that message.
>
> Sorry for the breakage. Needs to go to -stable as well.

Do you know which commit caused the regression? That would help those
who wish to fix up their kernels.

> Reviewed-by: Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
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