netdev - Re: [PATCH] ARCH 2.6.24.y: Fix 32-bit x86 MSI-X allocation leakage

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Date:	Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:22:35 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	PJ Waskiewicz <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
Cc:	stable@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARCH 2.6.24.y: Fix 32-bit x86 MSI-X allocation leakage


* PJ Waskiewicz <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com> wrote:

> This bug was introduced in the 2.6.24 i386/x86_64 tree merge, where 
> MSI-X vector allocation will eventually fail.  The cause is the new 
> bit array tracking used vectors is not getting cleared properly on IRQ 
> destruction on the 32-bit APIC code.

Greg, please fix the commit message - this is a separate bug that has 
nothing to do with the unification.

	Ingo
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