linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] generic pool allocator: allow all chunks to be allocated.

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Date:	Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:34:14 -0500
From:	Dean Nelson <dcn@....com>
To:	Duck <duck@...escale.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] generic pool allocator: allow all chunks to be allocated.

On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 06:33:10AM -0600, Duck wrote:
> From: Bruce Schmid <duck@...escale.com>
> 
> gen_pool_alloc() doesn't allocate the last chunk in a pool.
> This patch fixes that problem by correcting the calculation
> of the number of the last bit in the bitmap.

Indeed it doesn't allocate the last bit. I ran a quick test
with and without your patch and your patch does fix the problem.

Acked-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@....com>

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