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From: mel@skynet.ie (Mel Gorman)
To: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Cc: ppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: Do not depend on MAX_ORDER when grouping pages by mobility
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:13:58 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071115101358.GB5128@skynet.ie> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071115141740.d22acb0e.sfr@canb.auug.org.au>

On (15/11/07 14:17), Stephen Rothwell didst pronounce:
> Hi Mel,
> 
> On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:10:45 +0000 mel@skynet.ie (Mel Gorman) wrote:
> >
> > libhugetlbfs test suite and boot test on iSeries is sufficient in this
> > case. However, the version I sent would break on IA-64 due to the lack of
> > a definition for HPAGE_SHIFT when CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE is not set. Can you
> > confirm this patch still fixes the problem please? If it does, I'll send
> > it to Andrew as a fix for 2.6.24. Whether iSeries is legacy or not, this is
> > breakage and should be fixed.
> 
> The new patch works fine.  I reran the libhugetlbfs tests on a Power5+
> machine and the ppc64_defconfig boots on legacy iSeries.
> 

Thanks a million for reporting and testing. I've pushed the patch to Andrew.

-- 
Mel Gorman
Part-time Phd Student                          Linux Technology Center
University of Limerick                         IBM Dublin Software Lab

      reply	other threads:[~2007-11-15 10:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-11-12  2:21 Do not depend on MAX_ORDER when grouping pages by mobility Stephen Rothwell
2007-11-12 15:54 ` Mel Gorman
2007-11-13  0:44   ` Stephen Rothwell
2007-11-14 18:10     ` Mel Gorman
2007-11-15  3:17       ` Stephen Rothwell
2007-11-15 10:13         ` Mel Gorman [this message]

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