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From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: joe.korty@ccur.com (Joe Korty)
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] some large create_module(2) sizes can oops a kernel 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:41:36 CDT."
             <200301120241.CAA16791@rudolph.ccur.com> 
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 13:34:43 +1100
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In message <200301120241.CAA16791@rudolph.ccur.com> you write:
> Hi Rusty aka trivial patch monkey, everyone,
> 
> The 2.4 kernel will oops when create_module(2) is passed a size of
> -1, -2, or any size larger than num_physpages.  The following patch
> is one of the many simple ways to fix this.  Please consider it or
> some variant for inclusion in 2.4.

How about removing the BUG() from vmalloc.c, like 2.5 has done?

Rusty.
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