linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: fix boundary checking in free_bootmem

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.00.0803212252570.3781@apollo.tec.linutronix.de>
Date:	Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:54:20 +0100 (CET)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>, andi@...stfloor.org,
	ak@...e.de, mingo@...e.hu, clameter@....com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, y-goto@...fujitsu.com,
	kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: fix boundary checking in free_bootmem_core

On Fri, 21 Mar 2008, Andrew Morton wrote:
> 
> So Ingo has now merged some x86 patches which apparently had a dependency
> upon this patch: "otherwise free_bootmem_node in dma32_free could do sth
> bad.".
> 
> I had this patch on hold awaiting conclusive feedback from Andi.  It looks
> like it needs to be merged asap and any remaining problems should be
> addressed separately.

I'm too tired to decode all the dependencies and interactions right
now. I will look into that tomorrow morning when my brain works again.

Thanks,

	tglx
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