Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 4.14 023/159] mm/sparsemem: Allocate mem_section at runtime for CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_EXTREME=y | From | Mike Galbraith <> | Date | Mon, 08 Jan 2018 10:45:32 +0100 |
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On Mon, 2018-01-08 at 09:33 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Mon, Jan 08, 2018 at 09:15:33AM +0100, Mike Galbraith wrote: > > > > It was part of the prep for the KTPI code from what I can tell. If you > > > think it should be reverted, just let me know and I'll be glad to do so. > > > > No preference here. I have to patch master regardless if I want kdump > > to work while I patiently wait for userspace to get fixed up (either > > that or use time I don't have to go fix it up myself). > > I'll stay "bug compatible" for the time being. If you do fix this up, > can you add a cc: stable tag in your patch so I can pick it up when it > gets merged?
Userspace (makedumpfile) will have to adapt, not the kernel. Meanwhile I carry reverts, making kernels, kdump and myself all happy campers.
-Mike
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