linux-kernel - Re: [git pull] OProfile fixes for v2.6.28

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Message-ID: <20081117175708.GJ1664@erda.amd.com>
Date:	Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:57:09 +0100
From:	Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [git pull] OProfile fixes for v2.6.28

On 10.11.08 09:05:37, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> [PATCH] oprofile: fix an overflow in ppro code
>
> reset_value was changed from long to u64 in commit 
> b99170288421c79f0c2efa8b33e26e65f4bb7fb8
> (oprofile: Implement Intel architectural perfmon support)
>
> But dynamic allocation of this array use a wrong type (long instead of u64)
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>

Applied to oprofile/oprofile-for-tip. Thanks Eric.

-Robert

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email: robert.richter@....com

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