linux-kernel - Re: [BUGFIX] NULL pointer dereference in __vm_enough

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Date:	Sat, 11 Aug 2007 18:17:14 +0400
From:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [BUGFIX] NULL pointer dereference in __vm_enough_memory()

[Fengguang Wu - Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 09:21:31PM +0800]
| Andrew,
| 
| I'm not sure if this patch is the right fix for the bug.  But it do
| stops the oops message. The bug also happens in 2.6.23-rc1-mm2/2.6.23-rc2-mm2.
| I'm running debian/sid. The .config is attached.
| 
|

[...snip...]

Even if you're right you have to make the same patch for
mm/nommu.c but I've an anticipation the problem is growing
up from another point (and I'm really hoping that I'm wrong ;)

		Cyrill

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