Re: [PATCH] Fix __pfn_to_page(pfn) for CONFIG_DISCONTIGMEM=y

["Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>]

On Sunday, 9 of November 2008, Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Sat 2008-11-08 21:54:58, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Sat, 8 Nov 2008 14:12:21 +0100 "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Saturday, 8 of November 2008, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > > > Hi!
> > > > 
> > > > > This would be good to have in .28 IMO.
> > > > 
> > > > Actually, this makes sense even for .27-stable, AFAICT.
> > > 
> > > Yes, it does, but it has to be merged first. :-)
> > 
> > It applies to 2.6.26 (at least).  Is there no need for it in kernels
> > earlier than 2.6.27.x?
> 
> It would be nice to fix it there, too. (OTOH that config never worked
> and we did not see huge pile of complains, so I guess the world would
> not fall down if it was not in 2.6.26...)

Yes, it's a bug, so it would be nice to fix it.  Still, the practical meaning
of the fix would be minimal in 2.6.26 and earlier kernels IMO.

Thanks,
Rafael