2.6.24-rc8-mm1: powerpc oopses

[Matt Mackall]

On Fri, 2008-01-18 at 18:23 +0100, Mariusz Kozlowski wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> > > Do we need `offset' at all?
> > 
> > Looks like no.
> > 
> > I wonder if there's a good argument for adding a pte_offset_val() which
> > would let us do:
> > 
> > pteval = pte_offset_val(pmd, addr);
> > 
> > and shrink the map/unmap window and overhead here and possibly
> > elsewhere?
> > 
> > Anyway, updated but still untested patch now with revealing comment:
> 
> I patched the ppc32 kernel with this and run tests on /proc.
> This patch helps. No more BUGs and oopses :)

Thanks, Andrew's already queued it up.

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