The proposed patch doesn't work because in compat_rw_copy_check_uvector(), 'iov' is incremented in the loop before it is freed or returned. This probably should be changed to indexing with 'seg', like in the non-compat version... -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html