[PATCH v2][POWERPC] Fix initial lmb add region with a non-zero base
Kumar Gala
galak at kernel.crashing.org
Wed Feb 20 14:02:04 EST 2008
On Feb 19, 2008, at 6:30 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Kumar Gala <galak at kernel.crashing.org>
> Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:51:37 -0600 (CST)
>
>> If we add to an empty lmb region with a non-zero base we will not
>> coalesce
>> the number of regions down to one. This causes problems on ppc32
>> for the
>> memory region as its assumed to only have one region.
>>
>> We can fix this easily by causing the initial add to replace the
>> dummy
>> region.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak at kernel.crashing.org>
>> ---
>>
>> Fix a bug the initial patch introduced if we have a region that
>> gets added
>> at the beginning of the list we wouldn't actually add it.
>>
>> Dave can you replace the patch in you tree with this one.
>
> I think my tree has already or will soon be pulled in so
> I don't want to rebase it.
>
> Why don't you simply send me the relative bug fix instead?
np. Are we trying to get this into 2.6.25 or .26?
- k
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