Re: [PATCH] Un(de)selectable block for DISCONTIGMEM/64BIT on parisc

From: Christoph Egger
Date: Wed May 12 2010 - 11:45:37 EST


Hi all!

Seems I messed up the logic a bit -- reading the ifndef for an
ifdef reversing the actual behaviour of the code when applying the
patch. Below the corrected variant.

Regards

Christoph

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 05:32:29PM +0200, Christoph Egger wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> As part of the VAMOS[0] research project at the University of
> Erlangen we are looking at multiple integrity errors in linux'
> configuration system.
>
> When considering the restrictions inposed in kconfig 64BIT
> will *always* be set when DISCONTIGMEM is present on parisc so the
> code path depending on !64BIT is actually unreachable and the whole
> check unnecessary.
>
> Please keep me informed of this patch getting confirmed /
> merged so we can keep track of it.
>
> Regards
>
> Christoph Egger
>
> [0] http://vamos1.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/

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