Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Feb 2015 13:24:43 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] mm: cma: fix CMA aligned offset calculation |
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On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 15:39:45 -0800 Danesh Petigara <dpetigara@broadcom.com> wrote:
> The CMA aligned offset calculation is incorrect for > non-zero order_per_bit values. > > For example, if cma->order_per_bit=1, cma->base_pfn= > 0x2f800000 and align_order=12, the function returns > a value of 0x17c00 instead of 0x400. > > This patch fixes the CMA aligned offset calculation.
When fixing a bug please always describe the end-user visible effects of that bug.
Without that information others are unable to understand why you are recommending a -stable backport.
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