On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 8:55 AM, Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > I just come across the following condition in __alloc_bootmem_node_high > which I have hard times to understand. I guess it is a bug and we need > something like the following. But, to be honest, I have no idea why we > care about those 128MB above MAX_DMA32_PFN. > --- > mm/bootmem.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/mm/bootmem.c b/mm/bootmem.c > index 0131170..5adb072 100644 > --- a/mm/bootmem.c > +++ b/mm/bootmem.c > @@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ void * __init __alloc_bootmem_node_high(pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long size, > /* update goal according ...MAX_DMA32_PFN */ > end_pfn = pgdat->node_start_pfn + pgdat->node_spanned_pages; > > - if (end_pfn > MAX_DMA32_PFN + (128 >> (20 - PAGE_SHIFT)) && > + if (end_pfn > MAX_DMA32_PFN + (128 << (20 - PAGE_SHIFT)) && > (goal >> PAGE_SHIFT) < MAX_DMA32_PFN) { > void *ptr; > unsigned long new_goal; > -- We are not using bootmem with x86 now, so could remove those workaround now. Thanks Yinghai -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href