linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] Staging: android: binder: Allow using highmem for binder buffers

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Message-ID: <20121016071231.GC5172@kroah.com>
Date:	Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:12:31 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>
Cc:	xiaobing.tu@...el.com, ccross@...roid.com, davej@...hat.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mingo@...e.hu, rusty@...tcorp.com.au,
	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	rostedt@...dmis.org, di.zhang@...el.com, xindong.ma@...el.com,
	alex.zuo@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Staging: android: binder: Allow using highmem for
 binder buffers

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 05:32:42PM -0700, Arve Hjønnevåg wrote:
> Change-Id: I19be5fd89c194abcb8b041e2dd6c4d71ae7b1cc2

Again with the change-id field :(

And please provide some information here, _why_ do we want to allow
highmem for binder buffers?  What does this solve?  Is it a bug or just
a feature enhancement?  Depending on what it is depends on what release
it should go into.

thanks,

greg k-h
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