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Date:      Fri, 5 Mar 2004 10:12:47 -0800 (PST)
From:      Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
To:        Alan Cox <alc@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: [src] cvs commit: src/sys/vm vm_contig.c
Message-ID:  <20040305101201.H30482@root.org>
In-Reply-To: <20040305044635.57CFC16A533@hub.freebsd.org>
References:  <20040305044635.57CFC16A533@hub.freebsd.org>

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On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Alan Cox wrote:
>   FreeBSD src repository
>
>   Modified files:
>     sys/vm               vm_contig.c
>   Log:
>   In the last revision, I introduced a physical contiguity check that is both
>   unnecessary and wrong.  While it is necessary to verify that the page is
>   still free after dropping and reacquiring the free page queue lock, the
>   physical contiguity of the page can not change, making this check
>   unnecessary.  This check was wrong in that it could cause an out-of-bounds
>   array access.
>
>   Tested by:      rwatson
>
>   Revision  Changes    Path
>   1.32      +1 -3      src/sys/vm/vm_contig.c

Reported, tested by:	marcel
Initial incorrect fix:	njl

-Nate



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