linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kern/sys: Compat sysinfo syscall fix undefined behavior

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Date:	Thu, 04 Sep 2014 14:35:26 -0600
From:	Scotty Bauer <sbauer@....utah.edu>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, clemens@...isch.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kern/sys: Compat sysinfo syscall fix undefined behavior


On 09/04/2014 02:14 PM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> If I'm reading it correctly, this is all dead code because si_meminfo() unconditionally sets sysinfo.mem_unit to PAGE_SIZE. It could all do with a bit of a cleanup, I suspect. 
I'll do a little more research on this and do further clean up, if required.

-Scotty
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