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SubjectRe: Memory management bug


>> +extern pte_t empty_bad_pte_table[];
>> extern __inline__ void free_pte_fast(pte_t *pte)
>> {
>> + if (pte == empty_bad_pte_table)
>> + return;
>
>I guess that should be BUG() instead of return, so that the callers can be
>fixed.
Not really. pte_free and pmd_free are called from the common mm code but
the concept of empty_bad_{pte,pmd}_table is architecture dependent. The
trouble starts in arch/???/mm/init.c where these special arrays are
inserted into the paging tables. So the solution to the problem should be
in architecture dependent files too.

blue skies,
Martin

Linux/390 Design & Development, IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH
Schönaicherstr. 220, D-71032 Böblingen, Telefon: 49 - (0)7031 - 16-2247
E-Mail: schwidefsky@de.ibm.com


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