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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Fix find_next_best_node (Re: [BUG] 2.6.23-rc3-mm1 Kernel panic - not syncing: DMA: Memory would be corrupted)
Yasunori Goto wrote:
> I found find_next_best_node() was wrong.
> I confirmed boot up by the following patch.
> Mel-san, Kamalesh-san, could you try this?
>
> Bye.
> ---
>
> Fix decision of memoryless node in find_next_best_node().
> This can be cause of SW-IOMMU's allocation failure.
>
> This patch is for 2.6.23-rc3-mm1.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yasunori Goto <y-goto@jp.fujitsu.com>
>
> ---
> mm/page_alloc.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> Index: current/mm/page_alloc.c
> ===================================================================
> --- current.orig/mm/page_alloc.c 2007-08-24 16:03:17.000000000 +0900
> +++ current/mm/page_alloc.c 2007-08-24 16:04:06.000000000 +0900
> @@ -2136,7 +2136,7 @@ static int find_next_best_node(int node,
> * Note: N_HIGH_MEMORY state not guaranteed to be
> * populated yet.
> */
> - if (pgdat->node_present_pages)
> + if (!pgdat->node_present_pages)
> continue;
>
> /* Don't want a node to appear more than once */
>
>
This patch resolves the kernel panic problem.

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Kamalesh Babulal.
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