linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fix off-by-one in __iterator_load

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Message-ID: <20090312100205.GA30095@elte.hu>
Date:	Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:02:05 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix off-by-one in __iterator_load_balance


* David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com> wrote:

> David Newall wrote:
> > An off-by-one bug in __iterator_load_balance causes it to erroneously
> > return NULL if the next task on the list is also the last entry in the
> > list.  This patch corrects that fault.
> >   
> 
> Patch withdrawn.  Who'd have thought 2.6.27.19 was so out of date?

Yeah, the 2.6.27 -> latest-sched-devel distance is more than 250 
commits already - that's a lot of commits for the scheduler 
which is only 15 KLOC. Patches done on .27 are unlikely to apply 
- and bugs are often fixed already.

	Ingo
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