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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mm: make free_bootmem to loop bdata_list
On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:53:31 -0700
"Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com> wrote:

> [PATCH] mm: make free_bootmem to loop bdata_list
>
> [PATCH] mm: fix boundary checking in free_bootmem_core
>
> make the free_bootmem_core could handle out of range case. we could use
> bdata_list to make sure the range can be freed for sure.
>
> so next time, we don't need to loop online nodes and could use
> free_bootmem directly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>
>

What is the relationship (if any) between this and
mm-fix-boundary-checking-in-free_bootmem_core.patch?

Do you believe ths new patch is needed in 2.6.25 and if so, why?

Thanks.


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