RE: [PATCH] ARCH: Fix 32-bit x86 MSI-X allocation leakage

From: Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P
Date: Tue Apr 29 2008 - 11:08:19 EST


> * PJ Waskiewicz <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > This bug was introduced in the 2.6.24 i386/x86_64 tree merge, [...]
>
> that's wrong, that code was there in v2.6.23 too - and it
> wasnt touched in the unification. Why do you think it was
> introduced in the
> i386/x86_64 tree merge?

2.6.23.17 didn't have the used_vectors bitmap. The first time I could
find it used was in 2.6.24. Where was the code existing in 2.6.23? The
addition may have not been part of the merge, but it was definitely
introduced in the same timeframe, meaning the 2.6.24 release timeframe.

Cheers,
-PJ Waskiewicz
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