Re: [PATCH] mm: fix boundary checking in free_bootmem_core

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Fri Mar 21 2008 - 17:55:36 EST


On Fri, 21 Mar 2008, Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> So Ingo has now merged some x86 patches which apparently had a dependency
> upon this patch: "otherwise free_bootmem_node in dma32_free could do sth
> bad.".
>
> I had this patch on hold awaiting conclusive feedback from Andi. It looks
> like it needs to be merged asap and any remaining problems should be
> addressed separately.

I'm too tired to decode all the dependencies and interactions right
now. I will look into that tomorrow morning when my brain works again.

Thanks,

tglx
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