Re: [PATCH] memblock: Add limit checking to memblock_virt_alloc

From: Dave Hansen
Date: Tue Jan 28 2014 - 17:56:25 EST


On 01/28/2014 02:47 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 2:08 PM, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 01/28/2014 02:04 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
>>> In original bootmem wrapper for memblock, we have limit checking.
>>>
>>> Add it to memblock_virt_alloc, to address arm and x86 booting crash.
>>>
>> Do you have a git tree or cumulative set of patches that you'd like us
>> to all test? I'm happy to boot it on my system, I just want to make
>> sure I've got the same set that you're testing.
>
> This one should only affect on arm and x86 the 32 bit kernel with more
> then 4G RAM.

OK, let me rephrase.

Does anyone want me to test this on a 1TB 64-bit x86 system? If yes,
please tell me which patches you want me to test, and on top of which
kernel. I have three patches in this area, I think, but I don't want to
waste my time testing and reporting the wrong thing.


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