On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx> wrote: > This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report > of recent regressions. > > The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions > from 2.6.27. Please verify if it still should be listed and let me know > (either way). > > > Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11854 > Subject : v2.6.28-rc1: readlink /proc/*/exe returns uninitialized data to userspace > Submitter : Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxx> > Date : 2008-10-25 17:14 (9 days old) > References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122495490201663&w=4 Been trying to reproduce this one since I saw it, and I think it can be written off as can't reproduce :-( Maybe I can contribute a patch that verifies that the return value == strlen(buffer), WARN_ON otherwise? And hope that somebody runs into it. Vegard -- "The animistic metaphor of the bug that maliciously sneaked in while the programmer was not looking is intellectually dishonest as it disguises that the error is the programmer's own creation." -- E. W. Dijkstra, EWD1036 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-testers" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
