Re: + kernel-sysc-fix-mishandling-of-out-of-memory-in-poweroff.patchadded to -mm tree

From: David Rientjes
Date: Wed Jul 11 2012 - 16:53:42 EST


On Tue, 10 Jul 2012, akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>
> The patch titled
> Subject: kernel/sys.c: fix mishandling of out of memory in poweroff
> has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
> kernel-sysc-fix-mishandling-of-out-of-memory-in-poweroff.patch
>
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> ------------------------------------------------------
> From: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: kernel/sys.c: fix mishandling of out of memory in poweroff
>
> Coverity 703573
>
> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Cong Wang proposed the same patch a week ago (with a changelog!), so there
are some acks you can add to this.

http://marc.info/?t=134137312200002
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