[OpenAFS-devel] [PATCH] fix openafs crashes on linux 2.6.10-2.6.12, and all RHEL4 kernels

[chas williams - CONTRACTOR]

In message <Pine.GSO.4.61-042.0705081205540.1487@johnstown.andrew.cmu.edu>,Derr
ick J Brashear writes:
>allocate an extra amount of memory for each allocation, making it aligned, 
>and put a tag saying how to free it in each allocation, then the 
>alloc/free package and not the caller can decide how to allocate.

this doesnt resolve the issue of 'is it safe for me to perform my
operation with the memory the allocator gave me?'  for instance,
it might not be safe to performance certain operations under a 
lock with pageable (from vmalloc) memory.

>you're just saying that because you don't like panics.

i love panic.