linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] mempolicy: fix typo

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Date:	Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:54:19 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	kosaki.motohiro@...il.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] mempolicy: fix typo

On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:25:07 -0500
kosaki.motohiro@...il.com wrote:

> From: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
> 
> Currently, n_new is wrongly initialized. start and end parameter
> are inverted. Let's fix it.
> 
> ...
>
> --- a/mm/mempolicy.c
> +++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
> @@ -2390,7 +2390,7 @@ static int shared_policy_replace(struct shared_policy *sp, unsigned long start,
>  
>  				*mpol_new = *n->policy;
>  				atomic_set(&mpol_new->refcnt, 1);
> -				sp_node_init(n_new, n->end, end, mpol_new);
> +				sp_node_init(n_new, end, n->end, mpol_new);
>  				n->end = start;
>  				sp_insert(sp, n_new);
>  				n_new = NULL;

huh.  What were the runtime effects of this problem?
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