linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] powerpc/mm: check for irq disabled() only if DEBUG

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Date:	Tue, 07 Jun 2016 12:24:34 +0530
From:	Anshuman Khandual <khandual@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mpe@...erman.id.au
CC:	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] powerpc/mm: check for irq disabled() only if DEBUG_VM
 is enabled.

On 05/31/2016 04:34 PM, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> We don't need to check this always. The idea here is to capture the
> wrong usage of find_linux_pte_or_hugepte and we can do that by
> occasionally running with DEBUG_VM enabled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Reviewed-by: Anshuman Khandual <khandual@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>