Re: [PATCH 2/8] libxfs: initialize xfs_alloc_arg structures

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On 01/26/13 16:40, Eric Sandeen wrote:
This is a merge-to-userspace of kernel commit a0041684
xfs: zero allocation_args on the kernel stack

When calling xfs_alloc_vextent args.userdata was uninitialized,
and if we had args.type==XFS_ALLOCTYPE_START_BNO, this uninit
structure member got tested, leading to some random allocator
behavior.

Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen<sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx>
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I remember seeing this in Dave's:

	[UBER-PATCH, RFC] xfsprogs: sync libxfs to 3.8-rc2 kernel code

http://patchwork.xfs.org/patch/4683/

--Mark.

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