linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] bootmem: fix wrong call parameter for free

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Message-ID: <20121113005829.GD10092@cmpxchg.org>
Date:	Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:58:29 -0500
From:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
To:	Joonsoo Kim <js1304@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] bootmem: fix wrong call parameter for free_bootmem()

On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 01:31:55AM +0900, Joonsoo Kim wrote:
> It is somehow strange that alloc_bootmem return virtual address
> and free_bootmem require physical address.
> Anyway, free_bootmem()'s first parameter should be physical address.
> 
> There are some call sites for free_bootmem() with virtual address.
> So fix them.
> 
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
> Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <js1304@...il.com>

Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
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