linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/2 -resend] dma-debug: debugfs_create

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Message-ID: <20120702101520.GC2558@amd.com>
Date:	Mon, 2 Jul 2012 12:15:20 +0200
From:	Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
CC:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kubakici@...pl>,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 1/2 -resend] dma-debug: debugfs_create_bool() takes a u32
 pointer

On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 12:08:55PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> Even though it has "bool" in the name, you have pass a u32 pointer to
> debugfs_create_bool().  Otherwise you get memory corruption in
> write_file_bool().  Fortunately in this case the corruption happens in
> an alignment hole between variables so it doesn't cause any problems.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

Applied both, thanks Dan.


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