linux-kernel - Re: [BUGFIX][PATCH 1/2] x86, mem: separate x86_64 vmalloc_sync

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Date:	Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:14:40 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
CC:	Haicheng Li <haicheng.li@...ux.intel.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"ak@...ux.intel.com" <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [BUGFIX][PATCH 1/2] x86, mem: separate x86_64 vmalloc_sync_all()
 into separate functions

On 08/25/2010 12:45 AM, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Haicheng Li <haicheng.li@...ux.intel.com> writes:
> 
>> hello,
>>
>> Resend these two patches for bug fixing:
>>
>> The bug is that when memory hotplug-adding happens for a large enough area that a new PGD entry is
>> needed for the direct mapping, the PGDs of other processes would not get updated. This leads to some
>> CPUs oopsing when they have to access the unmapped areas, e.g. onlining CPUs on the new added node.
> 
> The patches look good to me. Can we please move forward with this?
> 
> Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
> 

The patches are mangled so they don't apply even with patch -l --
Haicheng, could you send me another copy, as an attachment if necessary?

	-hpa
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