linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] - Fix slab corruption caused by alloc_cpumask_var

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Message-Id: <200904051501.54190.rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Date:	Sun, 5 Apr 2009 15:01:53 +0930
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	sfr@...b.auug.org.au, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] - Fix slab corruption caused by alloc_cpumask_var_node()

On Friday 03 April 2009 08:12:19 Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Jack Steiner <steiner@....com> wrote:
> 
> > Fix for slab corruption caused by alloc_cpumask_var_node() overwriting
> > the tail end of an off-stack cpumask.

Ouch.  Thanks for this!

And I see it's already in Linus' tree while I was away, thanks all!
Rusty.
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