Re: [PATCH] x86: Fix potential overflow in perfctr reservation

Hello. In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (at Sun, 22 Apr 2007 01:09:17 -0700), Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> says: > > [PATCH] x86: Fix potential overflow in perfctr reservation : > The created a warning storm: > > > arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c: In function &

Re: [PATCH] x86: Fix potential overflow in perfctr reservation

> > The created a warning storm: Hmm, yes good idea to fix that. Probably for x86-64 too. > > I worry rather a lot about how well runtime tested this very late change > was, I tested it with oprofile and checked the nmi watchdog. > and whether it works correctly even with this fix applied.

Re: [PATCH] x86: Fix potential overflow in perfctr reservation

> Parent: 08269c6d38e003adb12f55c6d795daa89bdc1bae > Author: Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > AuthorDate: Mon Apr 16 10:30:27 2007 +0200 > Committer: Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CommitDate: Mon Apr 16 10:30:27 2007 +0200 > > [PATCH] x86: Fix potential overflow in perfctr res