cvs commit: src/sys/sys event.h src/sys/kern vfs_aio.c

[Alexey Dokuchaev]

On Thu, Jan 24, 2008 at 05:10:19PM +0000, Jean-Sebastien Pedron wrote:
> dumbbell    2008-01-24 17:10:19 UTC
> 
>   FreeBSD src repository
> 
>   Modified files:
>     sys/sys              event.h 
>     sys/kern             vfs_aio.c 
>   Log:
>   When asked to use kqueue, AIO stores its internal state in the
>   `kn_sdata' member of the newly registered knote. The problem is that
>   this member is overwritten by a call to kevent(2) with the EV_ADD flag,
>   targetted at the same kevent/knote. For instance, a userland application
>   may set the pointer to NULL, leading to a panic.
>   
>   A testcase was provided by the submitter.

Given we have a test case, should it be put in our regression suit?

./danfe