Re: [PATCH] Fix crash on boot in kmalloc_node IDE changes

[Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>]

On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 09:34:28AM -0700, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Jul 2005, Andi Kleen wrote:
> 
> > -	q = blk_init_queue_node(do_ide_request, &ide_lock,
> > -				pcibus_to_node(drive->hwif->pci_dev->bus));
> > +	int node = 0; /* Should be -1 */
> 
> Why is this not -1?

Because there is no code in rc3 that handles -1 in kmalloc_node.

If you add a patch that handles it then feel free to change.
But fixing the bootup has the highest priority.

> 
> > +		int node = 0; 
> > +		if (hwif->drives[0].hwif) { 
> 
> Also needs to be -1.

Then it would crash again.


-Andi