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

[Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 04:40:26PM -0600, 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.

Got that as part of the kernel-user sync I sent out a couple of
weeks back.

BTW, perhaps we want to get that sync sorted out before shovelling
a bunch of stuff into xfsprogs that will require fixing conflicts in
that sync up?

Chers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
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