Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:05:53 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] mm: make free_bootmem to loop bdata_list |
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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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