linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -V1 15/24] mm/THP: HPAGE_SHIFT is not a #define on some arch

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Date:	Sat, 2 Mar 2013 11:35:41 +0800
From:	Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com>
To:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -V1 15/24] mm/THP: HPAGE_SHIFT is not a #define on some arch

Hello Aneesh

[with lkml cced]

>-#if HPAGE_PMD_ORDER > MAX_ORDER
>-#error "hugepages can't be allocated by the buddy allocator"
>-#endif
...
>-	if (!has_transparent_hugepage()) {
>+	if (!has_transparent_hugepage() || (HPAGE_PMD_ORDER > MAX_ORDER)) {
> 		transparent_hugepage_flags = 0;
> 		return -EINVAL;
> 	}

Fair for other archs that support THP, if you are changing
build error to runtime error?
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