Re: [RFC] Fix usbmon bug concerning isochronous-IN buffers

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On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 11:42:51 -0500 (EST)
Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> One aspect of this worries me: By copying the entire buffer, we risk 
> leaking kernel data.  What do you think?  Should mon_submit() 
> zero out the buffer for isochronous-IN transfers?

I'm surprised that an access to keystrokes and/or filesystem data does
not bother you, but some random kernel data is a problem.

I'll look at the patch, thanks. Probably the previous one was incomplete.

-- Pete
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