The patch titled
     mm/backing-dev.c: fix percpu_counter_destroy call bug in bdi_init
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     mm-backing-devc-fix-percpu_counter_destroy-call-bug-in-bdi_init.patch

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Subject: mm/backing-dev.c: fix percpu_counter_destroy call bug in bdi_init
From: Denis Cheng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

this call should use the array index j, not i:

        --- mm/backing-dev.c.orig       2007-12-02 19:42:57.000000000 +0800
        +++ mm/backing-dev.c    2007-12-02 19:43:14.000000000 +0800
        @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ int bdi_init(struct backing_dev_info *bd
                if (err) {
         err:
                        for (j = 0; j < i; j++)
        -                       percpu_counter_destroy(&bdi->bdi_stat[i]);
        +                       percpu_counter_destroy(&bdi->bdi_stat[j]);
                }

                return err;

but with this approach, just one int i is enough, int j is not needed.

Signed-off-by: Denis Cheng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---

 mm/backing-dev.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff -puN 
mm/backing-dev.c~mm-backing-devc-fix-percpu_counter_destroy-call-bug-in-bdi_init
 mm/backing-dev.c
--- 
a/mm/backing-dev.c~mm-backing-devc-fix-percpu_counter_destroy-call-bug-in-bdi_init
+++ a/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 int bdi_init(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
 {
-       int i, j;
+       int i;
        int err;
 
        for (i = 0; i < NR_BDI_STAT_ITEMS; i++) {
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ int bdi_init(struct backing_dev_info *bd
 
        if (err) {
 err:
-               for (j = 0; j < i; j++)
+               while (i--)
                        percpu_counter_destroy(&bdi->bdi_stat[i]);
        }
 
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from [EMAIL PROTECTED] are

origin.patch
mm-backing-devc-fix-percpu_counter_destroy-call-bug-in-bdi_init.patch
git-cryptodev.patch

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