linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] SLOB's krealloc() seems bust

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Date:	Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:11:22 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	akpm <akpm@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Pekka J Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
Subject: Re: [BUG] SLOB's krealloc() seems bust

On Tue, 2008-10-07 at 10:57 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> Peter - can you check with that
> 
> >  	if (slob_page(sp))
> > -		return ((slob_t *)block - 1)->units + SLOB_UNIT;
> > +		return (((slob_t *)block - 1)->units - 1) * SLOB_UNIT;
> 
> thing using
> 
> -		return ((slob_t *)block - 1)->units + SLOB_UNIT;
> +		return ((slob_t *)block - 1)->units * SLOB_UNIT;
> 
> instead? 

went splat on the second run...

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