Re: unix_getname buglet - > 2.5.4(?)



On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 04:06, Michael Meeks wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> 	Evolution is non-functioning on recent 2.5.X kernels, due to
> mal-performance in getpeername => net/unix/af_unix.c (unix_getname),
> where it seems we switch 'sk' on 'peer', but not the (previously)
> typecast pointer to it; this fixes it.
> 
<snip>
> 	Thanks Joaquim Fellmann (AFAIR) who chased this down to bitkeeper
> changeset 1.262.2.2. Sadly I didn't have time to read the rest of that
> changeset to see if the mistake pops up elsewhere as well. Please CC me
> with replies, not on linux-kernel.
> 
> 	HTH,
> 
> 		Michael Meeks.


http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103462833225515&w=2

Thanks for the fix!

Keep up the great work, Ximian dudes and dudettes.





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