[dm-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/3] Fix SMP races in dm-crypt

[Alasdair G Kergon]

On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 02:32:42PM +0100, Jim Meyering wrote:
> 2007-03-12  Jim Meyering  <jim at meyering.net>
> 
>         * lib/fs/libdevmapper.c (do_suspend): Detect write failure reliably.
>         (do_load): Likewise.
>         (find_mount_point): Avoid buffer overrun for unusually long inputs.
 
That userspace code is neither used nor maintained any more.  It's
probably time to drop it from CVS so people don't waste time looking at
it:-)

> 2007-03-11  Jim Meyering  <meyering at redhat.com>
> 
>         * dmsetup/dmsetup.c (_loop_table): Detect close failure.

I'll apply that, thanks, but I'm in no hurry because that section of
code is unfinished and only partially reviewed.

Alasdair
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