From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH] ARCH 2.6.24.y: Fix 32-bit x86 MSI-X allocation leakage Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:15:57 -0700 Message-ID: <20080430171557.GB23269@kroah.com> References: <20080426005950.7155.44626.stgit@scrappy.jf.intel.com> <20080429102235.GI23198@elte.hu> <20080429164744.GA29911@kroah.com> <20080429220115.GE2302@elte.hu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: PJ Waskiewicz , netdev@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: Ingo Molnar Return-path: Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:34875 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757141AbYD3Rbt (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:31:49 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080429220115.GE2302@elte.hu> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 12:01:15AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Greg KH wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 12:22:35PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > > > * PJ Waskiewicz wrote: > > > > > > > This bug was introduced in the 2.6.24 i386/x86_64 tree merge, where > > > > MSI-X vector allocation will eventually fail. The cause is the new > > > > bit array tracking used vectors is not getting cleared properly on IRQ > > > > destruction on the 32-bit APIC code. > > > > > > Greg, please fix the commit message - this is a separate bug that > > > has nothing to do with the unification. > > > > What should I fix the commit message to be? I copied the same commit > > message that went into Linus's tree. We should be consistent :) > > instead of: > > This bug was introduced in the 2.6.24 i386/x86_64 tree merge, > > use: > > This bug was introduced in the 2.6.24 lguest merge, Ok, I've used this one for both .24 and .25 stable releases. thanks, greg k-h