[PATCH][ia64] Fix the difference between node_mem_map and node_start_pfn. (Re: makedumpfile fails on SGI machine)
Ken'ichi Ohmichi
oomichi at mxs.nes.nec.co.jp
Sun Aug 31 22:13:57 EDT 2008
Hi Bernhard,
Bernhard Walle wrote:
>>> However, shouldn't we add that vmem_map to VMCOREINFO of the kernel?
>> I think that we would rather fix the kernel bug than add vmem_map to
>> VMCOREINFO of the kernel. If fixing it, makedumpfile does not need
>> vmem_map.
>>
>> The attached patch fixes the kernel bug, and makedumpfile can work without
>> '-x' option. I tested it on my ia64 none-NUMA machine, and it works fine.
>> Could you test the attached patch on your machine again ?
>
> Thanks for the patch! This works fine on my machine.
Thank you for the testing !
I'll send this patch to linux-mm.
Thanks
Ken'ichi Ohmichi
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