Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 13:16:28 +0100
From: Jurriaan <thunder7@xs4all.nl>
To: Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: md linear personality oops on boot with 2.6.10-rc1-mm4 and 2.6.10-rc1-mm5
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From: Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au>
Date: Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 06:25:49PM +1100
> On Friday November 12, thunder7@xs4all.nl wrote:
> > 
> > In 2.6.9-mm1, this works.
> > In 2.6.10-rc1-mm4 and 2.6.10-rc1-mm5, I get an oops during boot:
> > 
> > linear_run+0x20b
> > 
> 
> Thanks.  Looks like an unsigned variable going negative:-(
> I made the mistake of only testing it with a linear array with all
> components the same size.
> 
> Please verify that this patch fixes it.
> 
Excellent, this makes 2.6.10-rc1-mm5 boot without any problems.

Kind regards,
Jurriaan
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