linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] Fix wrong EOF compare

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Message-ID: <50F2F9CD.6080904@infradead.org>
Date:	Sun, 13 Jan 2013 10:15:41 -0800
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
CC:	Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>,
	Alexander Nyberg <alexn@....su.se>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] Fix wrong EOF compare

On 01/13/13 03:44, Rob Landley wrote:
> On 01/11/2013 08:21:55 AM, Michal Nazarewicz wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 11 2013, Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org> wrote:
>> > The C standards allows the character type char to be singed or unsinged,
>> > depending on the platform and compiler. Most of systems uses signed char,
>> > but those based on PowerPC and ARM processors typically use unsigned char.
>> > This can lead to unexpected results when the variable is used to compare
>> > with EOF(-1). It happens my ARM system and this patch fixes it.
>> >
>> > Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
>> > Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
>> > Cc: Alexander Nyberg <alexn@....su.se>
>> > Cc: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>
>>
>> Acked-by: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>
>>
>> > Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
>> > Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
>> > ---
>> >  Documentation/page_owner.c |    7 ++++---
>> >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> My kernel tree doesn't have Documentation/page_owner.c, where do I find this file?

It's in -mm (mmotm), so Andrew can/should merge this ...


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~Randy
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