Re: [stable] [PATCH] ARCH 2.6.24.y: Fix 32-bit x86 MSI-Xallocation leakage

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Apr 29 2008 - 13:12:05 EST


On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 12:22:35PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> * PJ Waskiewicz <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > This bug was introduced in the 2.6.24 i386/x86_64 tree merge, where
> > MSI-X vector allocation will eventually fail. The cause is the new
> > bit array tracking used vectors is not getting cleared properly on IRQ
> > destruction on the 32-bit APIC code.
>
> Greg, please fix the commit message - this is a separate bug that has
> nothing to do with the unification.

What should I fix the commit message to be? I copied the same commit
message that went into Linus's tree. We should be consistent :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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