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* [PATCH] vmalloc.c patch for 2.4.20-pre8-ac3
@ 2002-10-01  0:44 Art Haas
  2002-10-01 15:24 ` Dave Jones
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Art Haas @ 2002-10-01  0:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel

Hi.

It looks like the small vmalloc.c patch didn't make it into
2.4.20-pre8-ac3. The patch is needed because the wrong variable
is passed to kfree().

Art Haas

--- linux-2.4.20-pre8-ac3/mm/vmalloc.c.ac3	2002-09-30 18:27:42.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.4.20-pre8-ac3/mm/vmalloc.c	2002-09-30 13:59:30.000000000 -0500
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
 
 	size += PAGE_SIZE;
 	if (!size) {
-		kfree (addr);
+		kfree (area);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
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deserve neither liberty nor safety.
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* Re: [PATCH] vmalloc.c patch for 2.4.20-pre8-ac3
  2002-10-01  0:44 [PATCH] vmalloc.c patch for 2.4.20-pre8-ac3 Art Haas
@ 2002-10-01 15:24 ` Dave Jones
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Dave Jones @ 2002-10-01 15:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Art Haas; +Cc: linux-kernel

On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 07:44:32PM -0500, Art Haas wrote:

 > --- linux-2.4.20-pre8-ac3/mm/vmalloc.c.ac3	2002-09-30 18:27:42.000000000 -0500
 > +++ linux-2.4.20-pre8-ac3/mm/vmalloc.c	2002-09-30 13:59:30.000000000 -0500
 > @@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
 >  
 >  	size += PAGE_SIZE;
 >  	if (!size) {
 > -		kfree (addr);
 > +		kfree (area);
 >  		return NULL;
 >  	}

Ick, that's my bad. Fix is correct, though davem suggested testing
for -PAGE_SIZE before we do the kmalloc would be cleaner.
I tend to agree, but didn't get around to doing it.

		Dave

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