Re: [patch 2/2] x86: Handle error returns in set_memory_*

From: Suresh Siddha
Date: Tue Sep 30 2008 - 17:30:04 EST


On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 01:36:04AM -0700, Frans Pop wrote:
> As I mentioned before, I only tested with the first of the two patches
> (as you asked me to) and that solved the artifacts for me. What's the
> explanation behind that?
>
> What is the relationship between the first and second patch?

Frans, There is no relationship between the two patches. First patch
(track memtype for RAM in page struct) will fix the behavior you
observed and the second patch addresses some error conditions which
were noticed by Venki.

Both should have been pushed independently.

thanks,
suresh
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