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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:52:08 -0700 From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> To: Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: ebmunson@...ibm.com, kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com, linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mel@....ul.ie, cl@...ux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Display 0 in meminfo for Committed_AS when value underflows On Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:15:14 -0700 Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > On Mon, 2009-04-27 at 17:10 +0100, Eric B Munson wrote: > > Splitting this patch from the chunk that addresses the cause of the underflow > > because the solution still requires some discussion. > > > > Dave Hansen reported that under certain cirumstances the Committed_AS value > > can underflow which causes extremely large numbers to be displayed in > > meminfo. This patch adds an underflow check to meminfo_proc_show() for the > > Committed_AS value. Most fields in /proc/meminfo already have an underflow > > check, this brings Committed_AS into line. > > Yeah, this is the right fix for now until we can iron out the base > issues. Eric, I think this may also be a candidate for -stable. > > Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> I cannot find Eric's original patch anywhere. Did some demented MTA munch it? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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