Re: [stable] [PATCH] hugetlb: restore interleaving of bootmem huge pages

Lee Schermerhorn
2009-09-08T14:13:39Z

On Tue, 2009-09-08 at 11:32 +0100, Mel Gorman wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 01:33:39PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 03:49:14PM -0400, Lee Schermerhorn wrote:
> > > PATCH fix distribution of bootmem huge pages
> > >
> > > Against: 2.6.31-rc3
> > >
> > > For stable, applicable back through 2.6.27
> > >
> > > [A version of this patch has been added to the -mm tree. That patch
> > > won't apply cleanly to mainline nor stable trees because of function
> > > renaming. This one should.]
> >
> > What is the git commit id of this patch that is in Linus's tree?
> >
>
> I can only find it in mmotm. It doesn't appear to have been merged to
> mainline at all. Lee, what happened with this? Did it get held off until
> post-2.6.31 for merging to mainline?

Mel:

This patch, along with the interleaving of freeing persistent huge pages
are still in mmotm, awaiting the merge window. I had sent out another
version suitable for mainline and stable--same patch with conflicts
resolved--but, apparently it didn't make mainline yet.

Lee