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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Fix crash with FLAT_MEMORY and ARCH_PFN_OFFSET != 0
On (20/12/07 13:43), Thomas Bogendoerfer didst pronounce:
> On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 11:44:06AM +0000, Mel Gorman wrote:
> > --- a/include/asm-mips/page.h
> > +++ b/include/asm-mips/page.h
> > @@ -37,13 +37,6 @@
> > #include <linux/pfn.h>
> > #include <asm/io.h>
> >
> > -/*
> > - * It's normally defined only for FLATMEM config but it's
> > - * used in our early mem init code for all memory models.
> > - * So always define it.
> > - */
> > -#define ARCH_PFN_OFFSET PFN_UP(PHYS_OFFSET)
> > -
>
> hmm, doesn't this break what I've fixed ? Without this #define
> ARCH_PFN_OFFSET gets defined to 0 and the bug is back. Or did
> I miss anything ?
>

ARCH_PFN_OFFSET goes to 0, so page_to_pfn() is no longer adjusting by
PFN_UP(PHYS_OFFSET) like it was when your problem occured. I am guessing
that the nature of the crash was that page_to_pfn() was returning bogus
values early in boot and trying to initialise memmap that didn't exist.

--
Mel Gorman
Part-time Phd Student Linux Technology Center
University of Limerick IBM Dublin Software Lab


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