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Re: Data corruption in ramfs
- From: Sergei Gavrikov <sergei dot gavrikov at gmail dot com>
- To: Øyvind Harboe <oyvind dot harboe at zylin dot com>
- Cc: eCos Patches <ecos-patches at ecos dot sourceware dot org>
- Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:57:21 +0300 (EEST)
- Subject: Re: Data corruption in ramfs
- References: <c09652431002220637q1cc87ecodb4591fb8ce6f22d@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, 22 Feb 2010, Ãyvind Harboe wrote:
The patch closes a *tiny* window where the pointer can change. With
longer filenames it is more likely that this can happen, but I suppose
shorter filenames are not immune to these problems...
Thanks to Laurentiu Cocanu(laurentiu.cocanu@zylin.com) for spotting
this!
Now checked-in.
Acknowledgments
Ãyvind Harboe (original contribution)
Jonathan Larmour for reasonable view
Thanks!
Sergei