Messages in this thread | | | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86: Fix potential overflow in perfctr reservation | Date | Sun, 22 Apr 2007 14:14:32 +0200 |
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> > The created a warning storm:
Hmm, yes good idea to fix that. Probably for x86-64 too.
> > I worry rather a lot about how well runtime tested this very late change > was,
I tested it with oprofile and checked the nmi watchdog.
> and whether it works correctly even with this fix applied. Perhaps > we should jsut revert?
Then you get the memory corruption back.
The change really only enlarges the bitmaps a little anyways, it does not change any algorithms.
-Andi
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