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Re: [XenPPC] [PATCH] fix allocation bug in xen console

from [Hollis Blanchard]

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To:	Maria Butrico <butrico@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: [XenPPC] [PATCH] fix allocation bug in xen console
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Date:	Fri, 08 Sep 2006 10:30:18 -0500
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On Fri, 2006-09-08 at 09:36 -0400, Maria Butrico wrote:
> summary:  fixes allocation error for xen console area
> 
> details: previous code worked correctly only if the allocated structure fitted
> in same page as the base address.  If the allocated structure did not fit, the
> computation for the allocation was incorrect.

By the way, how did this bug manifest itself, i.e. what were the
symptoms?

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Hollis Blanchard
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