On 14.11.2006 [14:50:18 +1100], David Gibson wrote: > Current kernels have a bug in the brk() codepath. This path, unlike > the mmap() path, doesn't check if the newly allocated region > intersects a hugepage dedicated region. This means it can create a > normalpage VMA which extends into a hugepage-only address region (at > least on powerpc, which has such regions). This can easily lead to > later oopses or other nastiness. > > This patch adds a testcase to catch this bug (triggering an oops on > powerpc). > > Signed-off-by: David Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Applied, thanks, Nish -- Nishanth Aravamudan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> IBM Linux Technology Center ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Libhugetlbfs-devel mailing list Libhugetlbfs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libhugetlbfs-devel
