linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] slub: fix confusing error messages in check

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Date:	Mon, 24 Nov 2014 21:40:01 +0400
From:	Andrey Ryabinin <ryabinin.a.a@...il.com>
To:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Cc:	Min-Hua Chen <orca.chen@...il.com>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] slub: fix confusing error messages in check_slab

2014-11-24 20:17 GMT+03:00 Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>:
> On Mon, 24 Nov 2014, Min-Hua Chen wrote:
>
>> In check_slab, s->name is passed incorrectly to the error
>> messages. It will cause confusing error messages if the object
>> check fails. This patch fix this bug by removing s->name.
>
> I have seen a patch like thios before.
>

It's in -mm already
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-slub-fix-format-mismatches-in-slab_err-callers.patch

> Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
>
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