linux-kernel - Re: Commit for mm/page_alloc.c breaks boot process on my machine

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Message-ID: <20080205102347.GA11949@csn.ul.ie>
Date:	Tue, 5 Feb 2008 10:23:48 +0000
From:	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
To:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc:	Gerhard Pircher <gerhard_pircher@....net>, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Commit for mm/page_alloc.c breaks boot process on my machine

On (05/02/08 11:01), Benjamin Herrenschmidt didst pronounce:
> 
> > 
> > It's a virtual address so it depends on the value of CONFIG_KERNEL_START
> > as to whether this is a user program address or not.
> 
> Shouldn't it be PAGE_OFFSET ? I mean, CONFIG_KERNEL_START should work
> on powerpc, but still...
> 

mel@...old:~/git/linux-2.6$ grep PAGE_OFFSET include/asm-ppc/page.h
#define PAGE_OFFSET     CONFIG_KERNEL_START

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Mel Gorman
Part-time Phd Student                          Linux Technology Center
University of Limerick                         IBM Dublin Software Lab
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