Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755973AbYFWKeA (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:34:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751405AbYFWKdv (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:33:51 -0400 Received: from ns2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:39511 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751274AbYFWKdu (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:33:50 -0400 Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:33:44 +0200 From: Bernhard Walle To: Ingo Molnar , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch 4/5] x86: use BOOTMEM_EXCLUSIVE on 32-bit Message-ID: <20080623123344.0c16ed69@kopernikus.site> In-Reply-To: <20080623080940.GA23313@elte.hu> References: <20080622185327.348377223@mini.kroah.org> <20080622190131.GB20141@suse.de> <87prq9dxst.fsf@skyscraper.fehenstaub.lan> <20080622203047.GC20800@suse.de> <20080623080940.GA23313@elte.hu> Organization: SUSE LINUX Products GmbH X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.4.0 (GTK+ 2.12.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) X-Face: ,G!z)dEOMkc[Cu+sF64,T9^5r3b>/}#HBRL%D^j@\SZbr'Itl7q@1<*dgB?A7(_leO1Tc4^ D*WfvfwKcz;,@E^y+pNP%86n8o<&g-vToCXW:r>Y$jxY,`KT?{H!07=2|Jdt?0ba^C-Tnx50vIV8It vi&Sicl:sj`k2`y)E;ECFi;i7W-?t3%\kD*));q)+%-pQd^.r'W}oBBx=+.~Gu}&F;lS7.a-m>Rv"w pe`D'OV^?HJd$-)7<2T[naDPl6+bAj'+UYd]u]B^'.LYK$2jS Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1210 Lines: 36 * Ingo Molnar [2008-06-23 10:09]: > > | commit 91d48fc80f22817332170082e10de60a75851640 > | Author: Bernhard Walle > | Date: Sun Jun 8 15:46:29 2008 +0200 > | CommitDate: Tue Jun 10 14:41:56 2008 +0200 > | > | bootmem: add return value to reserve_bootmem_node() > | > | This patch changes the function reserve_bootmem_node() from void to > | int, returning -ENOMEM if the allocation fails. > | > | Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle > | Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar > > so it is a -stable candidate just as much as the kexec fix. (These are > all fixes for long-standing problems so i guess it can go all the way > back to all stable kernels that are being maintained.) Ingo, shouldn't we add the reserve_bootmem_generic() fix [1] to 2.6.26-* at least? Bernhard [1] 62b5ebe062c2801f6d40480ae3b91a64c8c8e6cb -- Bernhard Walle, SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Architecture Development -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/