On Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:57:14 +0530 Pavan Naregundi <pavan at linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > Resending the patch with fixed style issues. > > Signed-off-by: Pavan Naregundi <pavan at linux.vnet.ibm.com> > Reviewed-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong at gmail.com> > -- > > > > > [fix-kexec.patch text/x-patch (685B)] > diff -Naur a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c > --- a/kernel/kexec.c 2010-06-08 21:17:21.850000033 +0530 > +++ b/kernel/kexec.c 2010-06-09 18:01:37.590007921 +0530 > @@ -1089,9 +1089,10 @@ > > size_t crash_get_memory_size(void) > { > - size_t size; > + size_t size = 0; > mutex_lock(&kexec_mutex); > - size = crashk_res.end - crashk_res.start + 1; > + if (crashk_res.end != crashk_res.start) > + size = crashk_res.end - crashk_res.start + 1; > mutex_unlock(&kexec_mutex); > return size; > } > @@ -1134,7 +1135,7 @@ > > free_reserved_phys_range(end, crashk_res.end); > > - if (start == end) > + if ((start == end) && (crashk_res.parent != NULL)) > release_resource(&crashk_res); > crashk_res.end = end - 1; The patch doesn't have a changelog and I'd prefer not to have to crawl through the email thread and write one myself. Please resend, including a full description of the bug and of its fix.