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Date: Sun, 19 May 2024 17:00:24 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] selftests/mm: compaction_test: Fix incorrect write
 of zero to nr_hugepages
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On Wed, 15 May 2024 15:06:32 +0530 Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com> wrote:

> nr_hugepages is not set to zero because the file offset has not been reset
> after read(). Fix that using lseek().
> 

Please fully describe the runtime effects of this bug.