linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: make mem_map allocation continuous v2.

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Date:	Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:19:09 +0530
From:	Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel.send@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@...ibm.com>, michael@...erman.id.au,
	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: make mem_map allocation continuous v2.

Yinghai Lu wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 7:22 PM, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>> On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 18:30:24 -0700 Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel.send@...il.com> wrote:
>>
>>  > v2 replace:
>>  >       [PATCH] mm: make mem_map allocation continuous.
>>  >       [PATCH] mm: allocate section_map for sparse_init
>>  >       [PATCH] mm: allocate usemap at first instead of mem_map in sparse_init
>>  >
>>
>>  err, no.
>>
>>
>>  >
>>  > diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
>>  > index f6a43c0..2881222 100644
>>  > --- a/mm/sparse.c
>>  > +++ b/mm/sparse.c
>>
>>  Sorry, but I'd rather not do it this way.  We presently have this:
>>
> 
> it replaces
> 
>>  mm-make-mem_map-allocation-continuous.patch
>>  mm-make-mem_map-allocation-continuous-checkpatch-fixes.patch
>>  mm-allocate-section_map-for-sparse_init.patch
>>  mm-allocate-section_map-for-sparse_init-update.patch
>>  mm-allocate-section_map-for-sparse_init-update-fix.patch
>>  mm-allocate-section_map-for-sparse_init-powerpc-fix.patch
> 
> others still needed
> 
> so mm-make-mem-map-allocation-continuous.patch will not break powerpc and ia64
> 
> YH
Hi,

Thanks, the patch fixes the issue. I am able to bootup without the kernel panic.

Tested-by: Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> 

-- 
Thanks & Regards,
Kamalesh Babulal,
Linux Technology Center,
IBM, ISTL.
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