linux-kernel - Re: [stable] [PATCH] hugetlb: restore interleaving of bootmem huge pages

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Date:	Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:13:35 -0400
From:	Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@...com>
To:	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
Cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Eric Whitney <eric.whitney@...com>,
	Adam Litke <agl@...ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, stable <stable@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH] hugetlb: restore interleaving of bootmem huge
 pages

On Tue, 2009-09-08 at 11:32 +0100, Mel Gorman wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 01:33:39PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 03:49:14PM -0400, Lee Schermerhorn wrote:
> > > PATCH fix distribution of bootmem huge pages
> > > 
> > > Against: 2.6.31-rc3
> > > 
> > > For stable, applicable back through 2.6.27
> > > 
> > > [A version of this patch has been added to the -mm tree.  That patch
> > > won't apply cleanly to mainline nor stable trees because of function
> > > renaming.  This one should.]
> > 
> > What is the git commit id of this patch that is in Linus's tree?
> > 
> 
> I can only find it in mmotm. It doesn't appear to have been merged to
> mainline at all. Lee, what happened with this? Did it get held off until
> post-2.6.31 for merging to mainline?

Mel:

This patch, along with the interleaving of freeing persistent huge pages
are still in mmotm, awaiting the merge window.  I had sent out another
version suitable for mainline and stable--same patch with conflicts
resolved--but, apparently it didn't make mainline yet.

Lee

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