Re: bug in 2.6.9-rc4-mm1 ia64/mm/init.c

David Mosberger
2004-10-13T08:04:39Z

>>>>> On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 17:21:41 -0700 (PDT), <akepner@sgi.com> said:

>> Hi Folks;

>> Tried a kernel built with akpm's 2.6.9-rc4-mm1 patch today (using
>> a default sn2 .config file.) It crashes on boot with:

>> .... SGI SAL version 3.40 Virtual mem_map starts at
>> 0xa0007ffe85938000 Unable to handle kernel paging request at
>> virtual address a0007ffeaf970000 swapper[0]: Oops 8813272891392
>> [1] Modules linked in:

>> I traced this down to a recent patch (see
>> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-mm&m=109723728329408&w=2)
>> which contains:

Why was this patch even accepted? It seemed rather dubious to me and
I don't recall much discussion on its merits or safety.

--david