linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH, RFC 6/9] thp: add address parameter to split_huge_page

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Message-ID: <20120817074901.GA9833@otc-wbsnb-06>
Date:	Fri, 17 Aug 2012 10:49:01 +0300
From:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
Subject: Re: [PATCH, RFC 6/9] thp: add address parameter to
 split_huge_page_pmd()

On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 09:42:01PM +0200, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 09, 2012 at 12:08:17PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
> > 
> > It's required to implement huge zero pmd splitting.
> > 
> 
> This isn't bisectable with the next one, it'd fail on wfg 0-DAY kernel
> build testing backend, however this is clearly to separate this patch
> from the next, to keep the size small so I don't mind.

Hm. I don't see why it's not bisectable. It's only add a new parameter to
the function. The parameter is unused until next patch.

Actually, I've checked build bisectability with aiaiai[1].

[1] http://git.infradead.org/users/dedekind/aiaiai.git

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov

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