On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 13:32 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > ---
> >
> > mm/hugetlb.c | 7 ++++++-
> > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > Index: linux/mm/hugetlb.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- linux.orig/mm/hugetlb.c
> > +++ linux/mm/hugetlb.c
> > @@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ static struct page *alloc_fresh_huge_pag
> > huge_page_order(h));
> > if (page) {
> > if (arch_prepare_hugepage(page)) {
> > - __free_pages(page, HUGETLB_PAGE_ORDER);
> > + __free_pages(page, huge_page_order(h));
>
> As Nick pointed out, this is an unrelated bugfix. I changelogged it.
> Really it should have been two patches.
Ok, thanks. I didn't see it as a bugfix because it doesn't make any
difference on s390, and nobody else is using arch_prepare_hugepage()
so far. But of course this may change, so I should have made two
patches.
> afaict the second fix is needed in 2.6.26.x (but not 2.6.25.x), but
> this patch is not applicable to 2.6.26.x.
>
> So if you want this fix to be backported into 2.6.26.x, please send a
> suitable version of it to stable@xxxxxxxxxxx
Right, this was missing from the beginning. It affects s390 only,
so I'll check if we need a backport.
Thanks,
Gerald
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