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    [PATCH] mm: bug in set_page_dirty_buffers · ebf7a227
    Nick Piggin authored
    
    
    This was triggered, but not the fault of, the dirty page accounting
    patches. Suitable for -stable as well, after it goes upstream.
    
      Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000004c
      EIP is at _spin_lock+0x12/0x66
      Call Trace:
       [<401766e7>] __set_page_dirty_buffers+0x15/0xc0
       [<401401e7>] set_page_dirty+0x2c/0x51
       [<40140db2>] set_page_dirty_balance+0xb/0x3b
       [<40145d29>] __do_fault+0x1d8/0x279
       [<40147059>] __handle_mm_fault+0x125/0x951
       [<401133f1>] do_page_fault+0x440/0x59f
       [<4034d0c1>] error_code+0x39/0x40
       [<08048a33>] 0x8048a33
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarNick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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