From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262838AbVCDMUE (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Mar 2005 07:20:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262866AbVCDMT0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Mar 2005 07:19:26 -0500 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:10458 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262767AbVCDLwg (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Mar 2005 06:52:36 -0500 Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 12:52:14 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Andrew Morton Cc: rjw@sisk.pl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hugang@soulinfo.com Subject: Re: swsusp: use non-contiguous memory on resume Message-ID: <20050304115214.GA2168@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20050304095934.GA1731@elf.ucw.cz> <20050304021347.1b3e0122.akpm@osdl.org> <20050304102121.GG1345@elf.ucw.cz> <20050304025119.4b3f8aa6.akpm@osdl.org> <20050304110154.GK1345@elf.ucw.cz> <20050304032952.4b2e456b.akpm@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050304032952.4b2e456b.akpm@osdl.org> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > > > > Problem is that pagedir is allocated as order-8 allocation on resume > > > > in -mmX (and linus). Unfortunately, order-8 allocation sometimes > > > > fails, and for some people (Rafael, seife :-) it fails way too often. > > > > > > > > Solution is to change format of pagedir from table to linklist, > > > > avoiding high-order alocation. Unfortunately that means changes to > > > > assembly, too, as assembly walks the pagedir. > > > > > > Ah. > > > > > > > (Or maybe Rafael is willing to create -mm version and submit it > > > > himself?) > > > > > > No, against -linus, please. But the chunk in kernel/power/swsusp.c looks > > > like it came from a diff between -mm and -linus. Or something. > > > > Yes, I did diff between -mm and -pavel, sorry. > > > > But I can't easily generate diff against -linus because that one is > > dependend on fixing order-8 allocations during suspend. So I guess > > I'll just wait until that one propagates into -linus? > > Just generate a patch series? When #1 of the series is already in -mm? Okay, I guess we can do that. Pavel -- People were complaining that M$ turns users into beta-testers... ...jr ghea gurz vagb qrirybcref, naq gurl frrz gb yvxr vg gung jnl!