linux-kernel - Re: WARNING: at mm/bootmem.c:535 alloc_arch_preferred

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Date:	Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:07:57 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Christian Kujau <lists@...dbynature.de>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	mingo@...e.hu, jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com
Subject: Re: WARNING: at mm/bootmem.c:535 alloc_arch_preferred_bootmem

On Tue, 30 Jun 2009, Pekka Enberg wrote:
> I think you're the first one to report this. The warning is harmless but
> the following patch should fix things up. Thanks!

Yes, your patch makes the warning go away, Thanks!

But, I think the patch description should read:

> Fixes the following boot-time warning:
> ------------[ cut here ]------------
> WARNING: at mm/bootmem.c:535 alloc_arch_preferred_bootmem+0x27/0x45()
> Modules linked in:
> Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.30 #1
> Call Trace:
>  [<ffffffff8102d6e3>] ? warn_slowpath_common+0x73/0xb0
>  [<ffffffff810210d9>] ? pvclock_clocksource_read+0x49/0x90
>  [<ffffffff812e522f>] ? alloc_arch_preferred_bootmem+0x27/0x45
>  [<ffffffff812e5761>] ? ___alloc_bootmem_nopanic+0x39/0xc9
>  [<ffffffff812e57fa>] ? ___alloc_bootmem+0x9/0x2f
>  [<ffffffff812e9e21>] ? xen_init_IRQ+0x25/0x61
>  [<ffffffff812d69ee>] ? start_kernel+0x1b5/0x29e
> ---[ end trace 4eaa2a86a8e2da22 ]---
[...]

(I myself forgot to put this warning into my initial message too)


Thanks for the fast response and the fix!

Christian.
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