The patch titled IA64: virt_to_page() can be called with NULL arg has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is ia64-virt_to_page-can-be-called-with-null-arg.patch See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: IA64: virt_to_page() can be called with NULL arg From: Kirill Korotaev <dev@xxxxxxxxxx> It does not return NULL when arg is NULL. Signed-off-by: Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Kirill Korotaev <dev@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- include/asm-ia64/pgalloc.h | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN include/asm-ia64/pgalloc.h~ia64-virt_to_page-can-be-called-with-null-arg include/asm-ia64/pgalloc.h --- a/include/asm-ia64/pgalloc.h~ia64-virt_to_page-can-be-called-with-null-arg +++ a/include/asm-ia64/pgalloc.h @@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ pmd_populate_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm static inline struct page *pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr) { - return virt_to_page(pgtable_quicklist_alloc()); + void *pg = pgtable_quicklist_alloc(); + return pg ? virt_to_page(pg) : NULL; } static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from dev@xxxxxxxxxx are ia64-alignment-bug-in-ldscript.patch ia64-virt_to_page-can-be-called-with-null-arg.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html