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Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/mm/hugetlb: Don't panic if we don't find the
 default huge page size
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On 12/13/2016 07:34 PM, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> generic hugetlbfs can handle that condition correctly. With HPAGE_SHIFT = 0

Need to add some context here. "That condition" refers to something without
first mentioning it.

> we get
> [0.241333] hugetlbfs: disabling because there are no supported hugepage sizes
> 
> bash-4.2# echo 30 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
> bash: echo: write error: Operation not supported
> 
> Fixes: "powerpc: get hugetlbpage handling more generic"

Dont we need the commit SHA for the "Fixes" header ?