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List:       linux-stable-commits
Subject:    Re: Patch "EDAC: Fix kcalloc argument order" has been added to the 3.7-stable tree
From:       Greg KH <gregkh () linuxfoundation ! org>
Date:       2013-01-30 16:23:29
Message-ID: 20130130162329.GA18599 () kroah ! com
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On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 07:52:26AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-01-30 at 13:46 +0100, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
> > This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
> > 
> >     EDAC: Fix kcalloc argument order
> > 
> > to the 3.7-stable tree which can be found at:
> >     http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
> 
> Hey Greg.
> 
> There isn't really any need to add
> this to stable.  It fixes a cosmetic,
> code correctness bug only.
> 
> The computed alloc size is the same
> regardless of the argument order.

How is the size the same both ways?  Is the count always somehow the
same value as the size of the structure?  How is that possible?  Luck?

thanks,

greg k-h
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