linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] generic __remove

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Date:	Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:35:09 +0900
From:	Yasunori Goto <y-goto@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@...ibm.com>
Cc:	Dave Hansen <haveblue@...ibm.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	paulus@...ba.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] generic __remove_pages() support

Hi Badari-san.

> On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 12:54 -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:
> > On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 10:55 -0800, Badari Pulavarty wrote:
> > > +               if (memmap)
> > > +                       __kfree_section_memmap(memmap, PAGES_PER_SECTION);
> > > +               return;
> > > +       }
> > > +
> > > +       /*
> > > +        * Allocations came from bootmem - how do I free up ?
> > > +        */
> > > +
> > 
> > Shouldn't we figure this one out before merging?
> > 
> > I think we at least need a printk() there.
> 
> I can add a printk(). I am hoping Yasunori Goto has something to
> handle this, before we really merge into mainline.

Ah, yes. 
I'm making patches for around here. I'm sorry for your waiting.

BTW, do you hurry for merging your patch? 
To be honest, I would like to solve not only here
but also some other issues.
But, if you hurry, I'll concentrate to solve only this.

Bye.

-- 
Yasunori Goto 


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