Re: [PATCH v2] mm: cma: fix CMA aligned offset calculation

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On 2/27/2015 1:24 PM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 15:39:45 -0800 Danesh Petigara <dpetigara@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> The CMA aligned offset calculation is incorrect for
>> non-zero order_per_bit values.
>>
>> For example, if cma->order_per_bit=1, cma->base_pfn=
>> 0x2f800000 and align_order=12, the function returns
>> a value of 0x17c00 instead of 0x400.
>>
>> This patch fixes the CMA aligned offset calculation.
> 
> When fixing a bug please always describe the end-user visible effects
> of that bug.
> 
> Without that information others are unable to understand why you are
> recommending a -stable backport.
> 

Thank you for the feedback. I had no crash logs to show, nevertheless, I
agree that a sentence describing potential effects of the bug would've
helped.

I'll keep that in mind for future submissions.

Best Regards,
Danesh

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