Re: [PATCH v2][POWERPC] Fix initial lmb add region with a non-zerobase

From: David Miller
Date: Tue Feb 19 2008 - 19:29:39 EST


From: Kumar Gala <galak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:51:37 -0600 (CST)

> If we add to an empty lmb region with a non-zero base we will not coalesce
> the number of regions down to one. This causes problems on ppc32 for the
> memory region as its assumed to only have one region.
>
> We can fix this easily by causing the initial add to replace the dummy
> region.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Fix a bug the initial patch introduced if we have a region that gets added
> at the beginning of the list we wouldn't actually add it.
>
> Dave can you replace the patch in you tree with this one.

I think my tree has already or will soon be pulled in so
I don't want to rebase it.

Why don't you simply send me the relative bug fix instead?

Thanks!
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