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SubjectRe: GIT head no longer boots on x86-64
Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> Oh, btw. This patch is *totally* untested. I don't even enable modules. So
> if it doesn't compile, it isn't perfect. But while it may not _work_, at
> least it's not _ugly_.
>
> (Quite frankly, I think an even more correct fix is to rename the whole
> "vmalloc_to_page()" function, since it's clearly used for other things
> than vmalloc. Maybe "kernel_virtual_to_page()". Whatever. This is trying
> to be minimal without being totally disgusting).
>

I have verified that this patch fixes the problem, at least in my test
rig, and has queued it up for tip:x86/urgent. It should be in the next
pull request.

Note that this bug only bites when CONFIG_DEBUG_VIRTUAL=y and we're
running an SMP kernel on UP. Not that that is any excuse.

-hpa


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