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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mm: make mem_map allocation continuous v2.
Yinghai Lu wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 7:22 PM, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
>> On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 18:30:24 -0700 Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel.send@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > v2 replace:
>> > [PATCH] mm: make mem_map allocation continuous.
>> > [PATCH] mm: allocate section_map for sparse_init
>> > [PATCH] mm: allocate usemap at first instead of mem_map in sparse_init
>> >
>>
>> err, no.
>>
>>
>> >
>> > diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
>> > index f6a43c0..2881222 100644
>> > --- a/mm/sparse.c
>> > +++ b/mm/sparse.c
>>
>> Sorry, but I'd rather not do it this way. We presently have this:
>>
>
> it replaces
>
>> mm-make-mem_map-allocation-continuous.patch
>> mm-make-mem_map-allocation-continuous-checkpatch-fixes.patch
>> mm-allocate-section_map-for-sparse_init.patch
>> mm-allocate-section_map-for-sparse_init-update.patch
>> mm-allocate-section_map-for-sparse_init-update-fix.patch
>> mm-allocate-section_map-for-sparse_init-powerpc-fix.patch
>
> others still needed
>
> so mm-make-mem-map-allocation-continuous.patch will not break powerpc and ia64
>
> YH
Hi,

Thanks, the patch fixes the issue. I am able to bootup without the kernel panic.

Tested-by: Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

--
Thanks & Regards,
Kamalesh Babulal,
Linux Technology Center,
IBM, ISTL.


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