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SubjectRe: [PATCH] block: initialize the bounce pool if high memory may be added later
On 2011-10-20 17:27, David Vrabel wrote:
> On 11/10/11 12:53, David Vrabel wrote:
>> init_emergency_pool() does not create the page pool for bouncing block
>> requests if the current count of high pages is zero. If high memory
>> may be added later (either via memory hotplug or a balloon driver in a
>> virtualized system) then a oops occurs if a request with a high page
>> need bouncing because the pool does not exist.
>>
>> So, always create the pool if memory hotplug is enabled and change the
>> test so it's valid even if all high pages are currently in the balloon
>> (the balloon drivers adjust totalhigh_pages but not max_pfn).
>
> Jens, you don't seem to have picked up this patch yet. Should it have
> gone via Andrew Morton instead?

Added now for 3.2.

--
Jens Axboe



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