Re: [PATCH] slab: fix offslab_limit in calculate_slab_order (Was:Slab corruption in 2.6.16-rc5-mm2)

[Linus Torvalds]

On Tue, 7 Mar 2006, Pekka J Enberg wrote:
> 
> No you're not, it's broken. However, I think you're forgetting to reset 
> cachep->num when we go over MAX_GFP_ORDER, no?

No, we only ever set "cachep->num" for something that we've decided is 
valid.

"gfporder" can never be > MAX_GFP_ORDER inside the loop, because we just 
iterate between 0..MAX_GFP_ORDER.

		Linus
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