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Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:30:41 -0600
From: Jon Tollefson <kniht@us.ibm.com>
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To: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] fix bootmem reservation on uninitialized node
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Cc: Jon Tollefson <kniht@linux.vnet.ibm.com>, Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>,
	Dave Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com>, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org,
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Paul Mackerras wrote:
> Dave Hansen writes:
>
>   
>> This patch ensures that we do not touch bootmem for any node which
>> has not been initialized.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>>     
>
> So, should I be sending this to Linus for 2.6.28?
>
> I notice you have added a dbg() call.  For a 2.6.28 patch I'd somewhat
> prefer not to have that in unless necessary.
>
> Jon, does this patch fix the problem on your machine with 16G pages?
>   
It worked on a machine with one page, I am awaiting access to another 
with more pages.

> Paul.
>   
Jon