linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/vmalloc: don't use vmalloc

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Message-Id: <20091207170358.eb18df96.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Mon, 7 Dec 2009 17:03:58 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
Cc:	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...ell.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	tony.luck@...el.com, tj@...nel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/vmalloc: don't use vmalloc_end

On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 17:50:29 -0700
Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 03:35:52PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > erk.  So does 2.6.32's vmalloc() actually work correctly on ia64?
> > 
> > Perhaps vmalloc_end wasn't a well chosen name for an arch-specific
> > global variable.
> 
> Can we enable -Wshadow now?  Please?
> 

That would be good.  How much mess would it make?

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