Re: [LTP] [PATCH v4] make pid_list dynamically sized with memory

Garrett Cooper
2011-01-18T08:33:40Z

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 12:29 AM, Caspar Zhang <czhang@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 01/07/2011 02:40 AM, czhang@redhat.com wrote:
>> From: Caspar Zhang <czhang@redhat.com>
>>
>> We get segfaults during testing mtest01 on a 5TB memory machine, the
>> problem was traced to the array pid_list[] went to overflow and
>> corrupted memory. This fix makes pid_list dynamically sized with
>> correct memory size to avoid overflow.
>>
>> v2: not split into different bits when allocating pid_list.
>> v3: 1) fix optargs: -b and -p should not be used at the same time.
>>     2) pre_mem maybe not initialized before using if -p option not used.
>>        fix it by moving it outside ``if(maxpercent)'' block.
>> v4: fix code format.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Caspar Zhang <czhang@redhat.com>
>
> Patch attached.

Doesn't patch:

Patching file testcases/kernel/mem/mtest01/mtest01.c using Plan A...
Hunk #1 failed at 44.
1 out of 1 hunks failed--saving rejects to
testcases/kernel/mem/mtest01/mtest01.c.rej
Hmm... Ignoring the trailing garbage.
done

Have you updated your sources recently?
Thanks,
-Garrett