Re: [PATCH] 2.5.46: epoll_wait can return too many events

[Davide Libenzi]

On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Jay Vosburgh wrote:

>
>       The logic in fs/eventpoll.c:ep_events_transfer() to bundle events can
> return more than the requested number of events (because the event count is
> only incremented for each bundle); this will scribble on memory beyond the
> end of the user's buffer.  The fix is to test against the bundle size
> (ebufcnt) plus the event count (eventcnt).
>
>       Also, passing maxevents <= 0 to epoll_wait() causes the system to
> lock up; the fix is to return EINVAL if maxevents is <= 0.

Thanks Jay. Got it.
Linus please drop 0.32, I'll make 0.33 right now ...

- Davide