Re: [PATCH] Fix __pfn_to_page(pfn) for CONFIG_DISCONTIGMEM=y

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Sun Nov 09 2008 - 08:13:32 EST


On Sunday, 9 of November 2008, Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Sat 2008-11-08 21:54:58, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Sat, 8 Nov 2008 14:12:21 +0100 "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > On Saturday, 8 of November 2008, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > > > Hi!
> > > >
> > > > > This would be good to have in .28 IMO.
> > > >
> > > > Actually, this makes sense even for .27-stable, AFAICT.
> > >
> > > Yes, it does, but it has to be merged first. :-)
> >
> > It applies to 2.6.26 (at least). Is there no need for it in kernels
> > earlier than 2.6.27.x?
>
> It would be nice to fix it there, too. (OTOH that config never worked
> and we did not see huge pile of complains, so I guess the world would
> not fall down if it was not in 2.6.26...)

Yes, it's a bug, so it would be nice to fix it. Still, the practical meaning
of the fix would be minimal in 2.6.26 and earlier kernels IMO.

Thanks,
Rafael
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/