Re: [PATCH v2] mm: slab: Verify the nodeid passed to ____cache_alloc_node

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On Mon, 25 Feb 2013, Rik van Riel wrote:

> On 02/25/2013 12:18 PM, Aaron Tomlin wrote:
>
> > mm: slab: Verify the nodeid passed to ____cache_alloc_node
> >
> > If the nodeid is > num_online_nodes() this can cause an
> > Oops and a panic(). The purpose of this patch is to assert
> > if this condition is true to aid debugging efforts rather
> > than some random NULL pointer dereference or page fault.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>

It may be helpful to cc the slab maintainers...

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