linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.21-rc7

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Date:	Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:01:56 -0400
From:	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.21-rc7

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Since we're still waiting for resolution for some regressions that people 
> weren't able to work on last week, there's a new -rc kernel out there. 
> Hopefully we'll get them all and I can do 2.6.21-final next weekend or 
> so..
> 

The patch to k8.c didn't make it in:

cache_k8_northbridges() is storing config values to incorrect locations
(in flush_words) and also its overflowing beyond the allocation, causing
slab verification failures.

Signed-off-by: Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@...ibm.com>
---
 arch/x86_64/kernel/k8.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6.21-rc6/arch/x86_64/kernel/k8.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.21-rc6.orig/arch/x86_64/kernel/k8.c	2007-04-05 19:36:56.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.21-rc6/arch/x86_64/kernel/k8.c	2007-04-13 07:51:57.000000000 -0700
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ int cache_k8_northbridges(void)
 	dev = NULL;
 	i = 0;
 	while ((dev = next_k8_northbridge(dev)) != NULL) {
-		k8_northbridges[i++] = dev;
-		pci_read_config_dword(dev, 0x9c, &flush_words[i]);
+		k8_northbridges[i] = dev;
+		pci_read_config_dword(dev, 0x9c, &flush_words[i++]);
 	}
 	k8_northbridges[i] = NULL;
 	return 0;




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