linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Fixes for hugetlbfs-related problems on shared memory

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Date:	Mon, 8 Jun 2009 11:24:10 +0100
From:	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
To:	starlight@...nacle.cx
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, stable@...nel.org,
	Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>,
	Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@...com>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Eric B Munson <ebmunson@...ibm.com>,
	Adam Litke <agl@...ibm.com>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, wli@...ementarian.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Fixes for hugetlbfs-related problems on shared
	memory

On Sun, Jun 07, 2009 at 09:25:06PM -0400, starlight@...nacle.cx wrote:
> Mel,
> 
> Tried out the two new patches on 2.6.26.4 and everything is 
> working now.  The application that uncovered the issue works 
> perfectly and hugepages function sanely.
> 

Very cool. Thanks for testing.

> Thank you for the fix.
> 

Thank you for persisting the problem and coming up with the test cases that
reproduce it. Without both, this fix would not have been forthcoming. It's
very much appreciated.

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