Re: v2.4.19-rmk4 slab.c: /proc/slabinfo uses broken instead of slab labels

From: Georg Nikodym (georgn@somanetworks.com)
Date: Wed Nov 27 2002 - 16:40:05 EST

On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 15:15:17 -0500
Georg Nikodym <georgn@somanetworks.com> wrote:

> 1. Is the ARM __get_user() broken?
> 2. Could I be doing something else broken that is confusing __get_user()?
> 3. What was/is the intent of the test? Or stated differently, why on earth
> would cachep->name be a user address?

In answer to my own question, reading the 2.5 source was illuminating.
The intent of the test is obvious:

akpm 1.50 | /*
akpm 1.50 | * Check to see if `name' resides inside a module which has been
akpm 1.50 | * unloaded (someone forgot to destroy their cache)
akpm 1.50 | */

Thanks to Mr. Morton for that comment. Now I get to wrestle with questions 1 and 2.

-g


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