linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sched: numa: Fix build error if CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING && !CONFIG_TRANSPARENT

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Date:	Mon, 17 Dec 2012 23:55:49 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>, Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com>,
	Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@...com>,
	Alex Shi <lkml.alex@...il.com>,
	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Aneesh Kumar <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched: numa: Fix build error if CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING
 && !CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE

On Mon, 17 Dec 2012, Mel Gorman wrote:

> Michal Hocko reported that the following build error occurs if
> CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING is set without THP support
> 
> kernel/sched/fair.c: In function â??task_numa_workâ??:
> kernel/sched/fair.c:932:55: error: call to â??__build_bug_failedâ?? declared with attribute error: BUILD_BUG failed
> 
> The problem is that HPAGE_PMD_SHIFT triggers a BUILD_BUG() on
> !CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE. This patch addresses the problem.
> 
> Reported-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>

Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>

Fixes the build issue for me, thanks.