Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:53:18 +0900 | From | Yasunori Goto <> | Subject | Re: sparc64 bootup regression... |
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> On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:25:30 -0700 (PDT) > David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote: > > > From: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> > > Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:15:40 +0900 > > > > > How about this ? If this is messy (or doesn't work), Goto-san will rework > > > his own patch by himself. (this patch is against -mm but I think no HUNK to > > > git tree) > > > > This makes the original change pointless. > > > It seems the orignal change expects NODE_DATA() is allocated at boottime. > not in .bss section. > > > If the goal is to put the usemap in the same section as the memory > > itself, in order to allow for it to be freed during memory hotplug, > > this new change just makes the facility not work some of the time. > > > yes, at least, WARNING is necessary. > > > Now maybe sometimes it will work, maybe sometimes it will not. > > > > It's not the end of the world if this change is reverted for a few > > days while we work out what to do about this. > > > yes ;) > > > Really, it does not reflect badly upon you or Goto-san, if the change > > is reverted temporarily. > > > Okay, I agree to revert it.
David-san. Thanks for your report. I agree to revert it too. I'll reconsider around here.
Unfortunately, I can't access my box to make newer patch until 5/11, because I'm on vacation. Probably, I'm not able to post newer patch in merge window.... Oh my..... :-(
Bye.
-- Yasunori Goto
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