xfs_iget_core bug.

[Karl Hudnut <khudnut ucar edu>]

Hi,

I have been working on a problem that contains a fix for a bug, not a 
vulnerability, in 2.6.x kernels. Based on kernel.org info I cannot say 
exactly when it was patched. Here is the patch:

======================================================================================
--- 1.20/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c	Fri Jan  9 07:20:13 2004
+++ edited/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c	Mon Feb 23 14:47:03 2004
@@ -236,13 +236,14 @@
 
 					goto again;
 				}
-/* Chances are the other vnode (the one in the inode) is being torn
- * down right now, and we landed on top of it. Question is, what do
- * we do? Unhook the old inode and hook up the new one?
- */
-				cmn_err(CE_PANIC,
-			"xfs_iget_core: ambiguous vns: vp/0x%p, invp/0x%p",
-						inode_vp, vp);
+
+				printk("%s: ambiguous vns: vp/0x%p, invp/0x%p",
+						__FUNCTION__, inode_vp, vp);
+				printk("v_vflag = 0x%x, v_type = %d\n",
+						inode_vp->v_flag, inode_vp->v_type);
+				printk("i_state = 0x%x, i_count = %d, i_nlink = %d\n",
+						inode->i_state, inode->i_count, inode->i_nlink);
+				BUG();
 			}
 
 			read_unlock(&ih->ih_lock);

======================================================================================

I think the patch was introduced after 2.6.11, not totally sure.  I can tell it was 
patched by 2.6.17.  I need this patch. Can anyone verify if this is included in 
kernel-smp-2.6.12-2.3.legacy_FC3.x86_64.rpm for FC3 from Fedora Legacy?

Thanks. If the answer is yes, please point me to the evidence so I can show it to the
rest of the SysAdmin Team here at COSMIC. (Not that we would doubt it, but it would
be better to see it for ourselves. Paranoid mode set = 1 and so on.)

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Dr. Karl Hudnut        System Administrator      UCAR - COSMIC
khudnut ucar edu    http://www.cosmic.ucar.edu    303 497 8024