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Subject[PATCH] UML - free wrapper fixes
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__wrap_free is now careful about freeing to the same allocator that allocated
the buffer.

Signed-off-by: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade_spam@yahoo.it>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>

Index: linux-2.6.9-rc2-mm1-orig/arch/um/kernel/main.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.9-rc2-mm1-orig.orig/arch/um/kernel/main.c 2004-09-22 19:51:02.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.9-rc2-mm1-orig/arch/um/kernel/main.c 2004-09-22 20:07:02.000000000 -0400
@@ -220,14 +220,19 @@
* If kmalloc is not yet possible, then the kernel memory regions
* may not be set up yet, and the variables not initialized. So,
* free is called.
+ *
+ * CAN_KMALLOC is checked because it would be bad to free a buffer
+ * with kmalloc/vmalloc after they have been turned off during
+ * shutdown.
*/
- if(CAN_KMALLOC()){
- if((addr >= uml_physmem) && (addr <= high_physmem))
+
+ if((addr >= uml_physmem) && (addr < high_physmem)){
+ if(CAN_KMALLOC())
kfree(ptr);
- else if((addr >= start_vm) && (addr <= end_vm))
+ }
+ else if((addr >= start_vm) && (addr < end_vm)){
+ if(CAN_KMALLOC())
vfree(ptr);
- else
- __real_free(ptr);
}
else __real_free(ptr);
}
-
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