Re: [PATCH v2 0/9] sparc64: Support 47-bit physical addresses.

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From: Bob Picco <bpicco@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 12:07:45 -0400

> David Miller wrote:	[Fri Oct 04 2013, 02:00:59PM EDT]
>> It's the trickiest change, as it changes the PMD layout completely.
>> 
>> If the problem persists, the next point to check is where the huge
>> page size gets adjusted to 8MB from 4MB.  Try reverted to just before
>> that change and test again.  That's the other major possible source of
>> errors.
> Yes, I suspected this and the reason for bottom up.
> 
> It seems to be here. With 9/9 and 8/9 reverted, the issue persists. Virgin
> 3.11 is solid. Of course there is always the possibility of mistake(s).
> 
> I've obviously missed an issue. Looking...

Please, explicitly test both at the point where huge pages go from
4MB to 8MB and exactly right before that change.

Testing just a vanilla tree leaves too many variables in between.
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