linux-kernel - Re: [patch] mm: sparsemem memory_present() memory corruption fix

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Message-ID: <20080416005231.GC26996@elte.hu>
Date:	Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:52:31 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
Cc:	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, apw@...dowen.org,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [patch] mm: sparsemem memory_present() memory corruption fix


* Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com> wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> > this is the only call to memory_present() we do in 32-bit arch 
> > setup, so it's required.
> 
> We could clip there if SPARSEMEM is configured. I wonder if this 
> affects other platforms that need HIGHMEM support?

clip where and what?

	Ingo
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