Re: [PATCH 1/4] ext4: Fix possible use-after-free with AIO

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On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 12:27:58AM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> Running AIO is pinning inode in memory using file reference. Once AIO
> is completed using aio_complete(), file reference is put and inode can
> be freed from memory. So we have to be sure that calling aio_complete()
> is the last thing we do with the inode.
> 
> CC: linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx>
> CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Reviewed-by: Carlos Maiolino <cmaiolino@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>

I've picked up the ext4 change.  Sorry for not getting to this sooner.

     	       	   		       	   - Ted

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