Re: Linux v2.6.21-rc3

From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt
Date: Wed Mar 07 2007 - 05:25:59 EST


On Tue, 2007-03-06 at 20:59 -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> Linus Torvalds (2):
> Revert "[PATCH] LOG2: Alter get_order() so that it can make use of ilog2() on a constant"
> Linux 2.6.21-rc3

Greg, I think we should revert that patch in 2.6.20.x stable serie too
as get_order is broken there as well, causing random kernel memory
corruption every now and then among others.

Cheers,
Ben

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