linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] relay: fix bogus cast in subbuf_splice

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Message-ID: <20070712060814.GI4587@kernel.dk>
Date:	Thu, 12 Jul 2007 08:08:14 +0200
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	Tom Zanussi <zanussi@...ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	dwilder@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] relay: fix bogus cast in subbuf_splice_actor()

On Wed, Jul 11 2007, Tom Zanussi wrote:
> The current code that sets the read position in subbuf_splice_actor may
> give erroneous results if the buffer size isn't a power of 2.  This
> patch fixes the problem.

Thanks Tom, I just added this for my upstream branch, if you submit it
directly first, I'll just rebase without it again. Otherwise it'll go in
when I ask Linus to pull next.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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