From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261479AbVG1BeX (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Jul 2005 21:34:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261505AbVG1Bcb (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Jul 2005 21:32:31 -0400 Received: from serv01.siteground.net ([70.85.91.68]:63396 "EHLO serv01.siteground.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261479AbVG1BbL (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Jul 2005 21:31:11 -0400 Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 18:31:34 -0700 From: Ravikiran G Thirumalai To: Andrew Morton Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, shai@scalex86.org Subject: Re: [patch] mm: Ensure proper alignment for node_remap_start_pfn Message-ID: <20050728013134.GB23923@localhost.localdomain> References: <20050728004241.GA16073@localhost.localdomain> <20050727181724.36bd28ed.akpm@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050727181724.36bd28ed.akpm@osdl.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - serv01.siteground.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - scalex86.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 06:17:24PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > Ravikiran G Thirumalai wrote: > > > > While reserving KVA for lmem_maps of node, we have to make sure that > > node_remap_start_pfn[] is aligned to a proper pmd boundary. > > (node_remap_start_pfn[] gets its value from node_end_pfn[]) > > > > What are the effects of not having this patch applied? Does someone's > computer crash, or what? Yes, it does cause a crash. Thanks, Kiran