Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 13 Oct 2000 20:37:46 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Fix SCSI proc oops |
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On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, David S. Miller wrote: > > Linus, why did you apply his patch to _only_ reverse the if condition? > > What you applied will crash Sparc again, whereas mine does not crash > the original Sparc case _and_ it fixes Torben's bug too.
Why woul dit crash the sparc?
If it wasn't there originally, the loop will not find it, and the loop will be a no-op.
Explain.
Linus
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