On Mon, 7 May 2012 13:37:52 +0200 Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > alloc_bootmem_section() derives allocation area constraints from the > specified sparsemem section. This is a bit specific for a generic > memory allocator like bootmem, though, so move it over to sparsemem. > > As __alloc_bootmem_node_nopanic() already retries failed allocations > with relaxed area constraints, the fallback code in sparsemem.c can be > removed and the code becomes a bit more compact overall. > > ... > > @@ -332,9 +334,9 @@ static void __init check_usemap_section_nr(int nid, unsigned long *usemap) > #else > static unsigned long * __init > sparse_early_usemaps_alloc_pgdat_section(struct pglist_data *pgdat, > - unsigned long count) > + unsigned long size) > { > - return NULL; > + return alloc_bootmem_node_nopanic(pgdat, size) You've been bad. Your penance is to runtime test this code with CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE=n! -- 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=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>