On Wed, 2019-06-26 at 08:23 +0200, Michal Hocko wrote: > On Wed 26-06-19 16:11:22, Alastair D'Silva wrote: > > From: Alastair D'Silva <alastair@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > By adding offset to memmap before passing it in to > > clear_hwpoisoned_pages, > > we hide a potentially null memmap from the null check inside > > clear_hwpoisoned_pages. > > > > This patch passes the offset to clear_hwpoisoned_pages instead, > > allowing > > memmap to successfully peform it's null check. > > Same issue with the changelog as the previous patch (missing WHY). > The first paragraph explains what the problem is with the existing code (same applies to 1/3 too). -- Alastair D'Silva mob: 0423 762 819 skype: alastair_dsilva Twitter: @EvilDeece blog: http://alastair.d-silva.org
