linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.33-rc1 build failure: copy_from_user() buffer size is not provably correct

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Date:	Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:39:05 +0530
From:	Ritesh Raj Sarraf <rrs@...earchut.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: 2.6.33-rc1 build failure: copy_from_user() buffer size is not provably correct

Hi Ingo,

On Monday 21 Dec 2009 14:43:30 Ingo Molnar wrote:
> hm, the one mm/migrate.c fix we had is already in -rc1:
> 
>  b9255850: mm: Adjust do_pages_stat() so gcc can see copy_from_user() is
>  safe
> 
> I've Cc:-ed more folks.
> 

I have verified the build tree and am building from -rc1 only. The fix you've 
mentioned above is also part of it.

debian-build:/tmp/all-yes-config/2.6.33-rc1# cat Makefile |grep EXTRAVERSION
EXTRAVERSION = -rc1

Must be a newer bug then.


Regards,
Ritesh
-- 
Ritesh Raj Sarraf
RESEARCHUT - http://www.researchut.com
"Necessity is the mother of invention."

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