linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/5] mm: clear N_HIGH_MEMORY map before se set it again -v2

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Date:	Thu, 14 May 2009 15:44:46 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, mel@....ul.ie,
	mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com,
	suresh.b.siddha@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, rusty@...tcorp.com.au, steiner@....com,
	rientjes@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] mm: clear N_HIGH_MEMORY map before se set it again
 -v2

On Thu, 14 May 2009, Yinghai Lu wrote:

> > Put yourself in the position of a distro engineer whose customer
> > reports a 2.6.26 problem.  He's going to look at your patch wondering
> > whether it might fix his customer's problem.  We should provide him
> > with sufficient information to be able to determine this.

PowerPC has similar node 0 issues that have thrown us for a curve once in
awhile. Now they are coming to x86.
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