linux-kernel - Re: Fix kmalloc argument order in um/vdso/vma.c

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Date:	Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:51:08 -0400
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
Cc:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Fix kmalloc argument order in um/vdso/vma.c

On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 12:23:47AM +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote:
 > Am 25.10.2011 00:15, schrieb Dave Jones:
 > > kmalloc size is 1st arg, not second.
 > > 
 > > Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
 > 
 > Applied, Thanks!
 > 
 > I'm a bit shocked that this obviously wrong code builds and seems to work.

Both args are the same types, so gcc didn't know any better.

 > How have you found this?

grep -r kmalloc\(GFP *

	Dave

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