linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix vc_screenbuf leak via con

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Date:	Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:08:17 +0100
From:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Cc:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix vc_screenbuf leak via con_init()

On Mon, 2009-07-13 at 16:54 +0200, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> From: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
> Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:39:46 +0200
> Subject: [patch] vt: drop bootmem/slab memory distinction
> 
> Bootmem is not used for the vt screen buffer anymore as slab is now
> available at the time the console is initialized.
> 
> Get rid of the now superfluous distinction between slab and bootmem,
> it's always slab.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>

Tested-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>

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Catalin

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