Re: [patch] bug prematurely setting nr_frags

[Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 08:06:13AM +0400, kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> > Huh?  It's called from sock_alloc_send_skb, which is called from all 
> > over the stack.
> 
> It is used with data_len==0. The branch generating fragments is dead.

Ah, I see.  Care for a patch to remove it altogether then?  As for the 
bug, does anyone else see a place where nr_frags can be set without 
initializing a page pointer?  Otherwise it looks like a random memory 
corruption... what fun.

                -ben
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