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Re: [RFC] [PATCH 2.6.37-rc5-tip 8/20] 8: uprobes: mmap and fork hooks.
- From: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>
- To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt at goodmis dot org>
- Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz at infradead dot org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo at elte dot hu>, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme at infradead dot org>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds at linux-foundation dot org>, Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth at in dot ibm dot com>, Christoph Hellwig <hch at infradead dot org>, Masami Hiramatsu <masami dot hiramatsu dot pt at hitachi dot com>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg at redhat dot com>, LKML <linux-kernel at vger dot kernel dot org>, SystemTap <systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com>, Jim Keniston <jkenisto at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>, Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec at gmail dot com>, Andi Kleen <andi at firstfloor dot org>, Andrew Morton <akpm at linux-foundation dot org>, "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:16:29 +0530
- Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH 2.6.37-rc5-tip 8/20] 8: uprobes: mmap and fork hooks.
- References: <20101216095714.23751.52601.sendpatchset@localhost6.localdomain6> <20101216095848.23751.73144.sendpatchset@localhost6.localdomain6> <1295957741.28776.719.camel@laptop> <1295985926.10144.61.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com> <20110126090643.GI19725@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <1296147837.10144.79.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com> <20110128045353.GU19725@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <1296223077.10144.106.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com> <1296224926.10144.109.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com>
- Reply-to: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>
* Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> [2011-01-28 09:28:46]:
> On Fri, 2011-01-28 at 08:57 -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > On Fri, 2011-01-28 at 10:23 +0530, Srikar Dronamraju wrote:
> >
> > > Here is the extract from the original patch at
> > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/12/16/74 that I sent to LKML and I dont see
> > > p being uninitialized.
> >
> > I very much apologize. Seems that Evolution was playing tricks on me.
> >
> > http://rostedt.homelinux.com/private/evolution-wtf.png
> >
> > That's a screen shot of your email in the preview window. Where 'p' is
> > definitely not initialized. WTF happened to my email?
> >
> > But all the replies to that email does not have it initialized either ??
> > I was not the only one affected by this.
> >
>
> Seems to be a bug in Evolution :-p As both Peter and I tested out this
> email in mutt, and that line appears ?? And Peter tried it out in raw
> mode (^u) and it shows up there in Evolution.
>
> I know, I know, GUI email clients suck. And for good reason too. I guess
> I just spent too many years in the corporate environment to know any
> better.
>
Interesting, Nothing you can do if your mail client decides to
delete one arbitrary line. Its Good that you told what you saw and
hence found a bug in evolution.
--
Thanks and Regards
Srikar
> -- Steve
>
>