Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 6 Apr 2018 12:58:45 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH resend] mm/page_alloc: fix comment is __get_free_pages |
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On Fri, 6 Apr 2018 12:02:36 +0200 Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> wrote:
> On Wed 29-11-17 17:04:46, Michal Hocko wrote: > [...] > > From 000bb422fe07adbfa8cd8ed953b18f48647a45d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > > From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> > > Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 17:02:33 +0100 > > Subject: [PATCH] mm: drop VM_BUG_ON from __get_free_pages > > > > There is no real reason to blow up just because the caller doesn't know > > that __get_free_pages cannot return highmem pages. Simply fix that up > > silently. Even if we have some confused users such a fixup will not be > > harmful. > > > > Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> > > Andrew, have we reached any conclusion for this? Should I repost or drop > it on the floor?
I actually thought we'd settled on something and merged it. hrm.
Please send a fresh patch sometime?
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