Re: 2.6.16-rc1-mm4

From: Chuck Ebbert
Date: Tue Jan 31 2006 - 23:29:33 EST


In-Reply-To: <200601312146_MC3-1-B74E-D5C4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

[I forgot to copy linux-kernel]

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Chuck Ebbert wrote:

> Does this mean that the SMP lock-switching could write all over discarded
> __init code?
>

Oops, never mind... it uses _text and _etext to bound the address
range it will touch.

That's the problem with these scripts: they produce false positives and
even worse, they miss real problems.

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Chuck
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Chuck

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