linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -V6 07/14] memcg: Add HugeTLB extension

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Date:	Thu, 03 May 2012 10:07:59 +0530
From:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, mgorman@...e.de,
	kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com, dhillf@...il.com,
	aarcange@...hat.com, mhocko@...e.cz, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	hannes@...xchg.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	cgroups@...r.kernel.org, linux-next@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -V6 07/14] memcg: Add HugeTLB extension

Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com> writes:

> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 6:44 AM, Aneesh Kumar K.V
> <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>> From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
>>
>> This patch implements a memcg extension that allows us to control HugeTLB
>> allocations via memory controller. The extension allows to limit the
>
> Hi Aneesh,
>
> This breaks linux-next on some arch because they don't have any
> HUGE_MAX_HSTATE in scope with the current #ifdef layout.
>
> The breakage is in sh4, m68k, s390, and possibly others.
>
> http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/buildresult/6228689/
> http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/buildresult/6228670/
> http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/buildresult/6228484/
>
> This is a commit in akpm's mmotm queue, which used to be here:
>
> http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm
>
> Of course the above is invalid since userweb.kernel.org is dead.
> I don't have a post-kernel.org break-in link handy and a quick
> search didn't give me one, but I'm sure you'll recognize the change.
>

Andrew have the below patch 

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.commits.mm/71649

Does that fix the error ?

-aneesh

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