From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: Commit for mm/page_alloc.c breaks boot process on my machine
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:50:20 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1202244620.7079.70.camel@pasglop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080205102347.GA11949@csn.ul.ie>
On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 10:23 +0000, Mel Gorman wrote:
> On (05/02/08 11:01), Benjamin Herrenschmidt didst pronounce:
> >
> > >
> > > It's a virtual address so it depends on the value of CONFIG_KERNEL_START
> > > as to whether this is a user program address or not.
> >
> > Shouldn't it be PAGE_OFFSET ? I mean, CONFIG_KERNEL_START should work
> > on powerpc, but still...
> >
>
> mel@arnold:~/git/linux-2.6$ grep PAGE_OFFSET include/asm-ppc/page.h
> #define PAGE_OFFSET CONFIG_KERNEL_START
On powerpc sure.... but it's still dodgy I think.
Ben.
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
Cc: Gerhard Pircher <gerhard_pircher@gmx.net>,
linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Commit for mm/page_alloc.c breaks boot process on my machine
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:50:20 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1202244620.7079.70.camel@pasglop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080205102347.GA11949@csn.ul.ie>
On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 10:23 +0000, Mel Gorman wrote:
> On (05/02/08 11:01), Benjamin Herrenschmidt didst pronounce:
> >
> > >
> > > It's a virtual address so it depends on the value of CONFIG_KERNEL_START
> > > as to whether this is a user program address or not.
> >
> > Shouldn't it be PAGE_OFFSET ? I mean, CONFIG_KERNEL_START should work
> > on powerpc, but still...
> >
>
> mel@arnold:~/git/linux-2.6$ grep PAGE_OFFSET include/asm-ppc/page.h
> #define PAGE_OFFSET CONFIG_KERNEL_START
On powerpc sure.... but it's still dodgy I think.
Ben.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-05 20:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-01 18:42 Commit for mm/page_alloc.c breaks boot process on my machine Gerhard Pircher
2008-02-01 19:11 ` Mel Gorman
2008-02-01 20:05 ` Gerhard Pircher
2008-02-01 20:25 ` Mel Gorman
2008-02-01 21:06 ` Gerhard Pircher
2008-02-04 10:42 ` Mel Gorman
2008-02-04 10:42 ` Mel Gorman
2008-02-04 22:20 ` Gerhard Pircher
2008-02-04 23:30 ` Michael Ellerman
2008-02-05 0:01 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-02-05 0:01 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-02-05 10:23 ` Mel Gorman
2008-02-05 10:23 ` Mel Gorman
2008-02-05 20:50 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt [this message]
2008-02-05 20:50 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-02-05 0:07 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-02-05 0:06 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-02-05 23:17 ` Gerhard Pircher
2008-02-05 23:17 ` Gerhard Pircher
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