Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 9 Jun 2003 00:20:08 -0500 | From | Matt Mackall <> | Subject | Re: [patch] use valid value when unmapping cpus |
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On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 02:26:22PM -0700, Matthew Dobson wrote: > For some unknown reason, we stick a -1 in cpu_2_node when we unmap a cpu > on i386. We're better off sticking a 0 in there, because at least 0 is > a valid value if something references it. -1 is only going to cause > problems at some point down the line.
Problems down the line help you find the bogus dereference. Even better to stick a poison value in there.
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