Re: [PATCH v2] mm: memblock: fix wrong memmove size in memblock_merge_regions()

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On Mon, 7 Jan 2013 11:41:36 +0800
Lin Feng <linfeng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The memmove span covers from (next+1) to the end of the array, and the index
> of next is (i+1), so the index of (next+1) is (i+2). So the size of remaining
> array elements is (type->cnt - (i + 2)).

What are the user-visible effects of this bug?

> --- a/mm/memblock.c
> +++ b/mm/memblock.c
> @@ -314,7 +314,8 @@ static void __init_memblock memblock_merge_regions(struct memblock_type *type)
>  		}
>  
>  		this->size += next->size;
> -		memmove(next, next + 1, (type->cnt - (i + 1)) * sizeof(*next));
> +		/* move forward from next + 1, index of which is i + 2 */
> +		memmove(next, next + 1, (type->cnt - (i + 2)) * sizeof(*next));
>  		type->cnt--;
>  	}
>  }
> -- 
> 1.7.11.7

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