Re: [PATCH - resend] Memory-Hotplug: Fix the bug on interface/dev/mem for 64-bit kernel(v1)

[KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki]

On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:38:09 +0100
Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> > Hmmm....could you rewrite /dev/mem to use kernel/resource.c other than
> > modifing e820 maps. ?
> 
> Sorry but responding to bug fixes with "could you please rewrite ..."  is
> not considered fair. Shaohui is just trying to fix a bug here, not redesigning
> a subsystem.
> 
Quick hack for bug fix is okay to me. 

About this patch, I'm not sure whether we are allowed to rewrite e820map after
boot.

Thanks,
-Kame

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