Re: BUG in shared_policy_replace() ?

[Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>]

On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 11:25:52AM -0800, Steve Longerbeam wrote:
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> Andi Kleen wrote:
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> >On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 10:59:16AM -0800, Steve Longerbeam wrote:
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> >
> >>Andi Kleen wrote:
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> >>   
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> >>>>yeah, 2.6.10 makes sense to me too. But I'm working in -mm2, and
> >>>>the new2 = NULL line is missing, hence my initial confusion. Trivial
> >>>>patch to -mm2 attached. Just want to make sure it has been, or will be,
> >>>>put back in.
> >>>> 
> >>>>
> >>>>       
> >>>>
> >>>That sounds weird. Can you figure out which patch in mm removes it?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>     
> >>>
> >>found it:
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> >>http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.10/2.6.10-mm1/broken-out/mempolicy-optimization.patch
> >>   
> >>
> >
> >Are you sure? I don't see it touching the new2 free at the end of the 
> >function.
> > 
> >
> 
> it's not touching the new2 free, it's removing the new2 = NULL which is 
> the problem.
> 
> -				new2 = NULL;

Ah, I agree. Yes, it looks like a merging error when merging
with Hugh's changes. Thanks for catching this.

The line should not be removed. Andrew should I submit a new patch or can 
you just fix it up?

-Andi