* [patch] Potential inf.loop in bootmem.c ...
@ 2003-07-02 23:04 Davide Libenzi
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From: Davide Libenzi @ 2003-07-02 23:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Linux Kernel Mailing List; +Cc: Andrew Morton
If __alloc_bootmem_core() fails with a goal and unaligned node_boot_start
it'll loop fovever.
- Davide
--- linux-2.5.73/mm/bootmem.c.orig 2003-07-02 14:55:47.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.5.73/mm/bootmem.c 2003-07-02 15:31:44.000000000 -0700
@@ -202,7 +201,7 @@
;
}
- if (preferred) {
+ if (preferred > offset) {
preferred = offset;
goto restart_scan;
}
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