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[ts-7000] Re: [2.6.28.3-m] Fix sparsemem bug

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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: [2.6.28.3-m] Fix sparsemem bug
From: "charliem_1216" <>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:15:44 -0000
Hi Matthieu --

No, something is still wrong with sparsemem:  I can generate an oops
from userspace by 'cat /proc/pagetypeinfo'.  This is the same symptoms
as reported here for FLATMEM:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-arm-kernel&m=121933133810688&w=4

The patch there is already in the 2.6.28.4 kernel.  That's the
ARCH_FLATMEM_HAS_HOLES patch, and it doesn't fix the problem for
SPARSEMEM either.  (I force-enabled it for a test...).

I'm not sure where to go from here, but it seems time to post to LAK
ML, to:
* point out in-line function vs #define issue ... 
* post fix for correct __virt_to_phys and __phys_to_virt #defines
* Ask for help in fixing the above oops.

Let me know if you want the oops posted.  (BTW, my testing is done
with the mapping by the #defines I posted, not the inline functions ...)

regards, ......... Charlie


--- In  Matthieu Crapet <> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> 
> Congratulations to all of you :)
> Anybody can confirm that the 2 defines are working fine ?
> I will update my patchset later.
> 
> Matthieu
> 
> 
> charliem_1216 wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > I think this is confusing and not needed. Why not just have the
> > following #defines:
> >
> > #define __phys_to_virt(p) \
> > (((p) & 0x07ffffff) | (((p) & 0xe0000000) ? 0x08000000 : 0) |
> > CONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET)
> > #define __virt_to_phys(v) \
> > (((v) & 0x07ffffff) | (((v) & 0x08000000) ? 0xe0000000 : 0 ))
> >
> > regards, ......... Charlie
> >
> > > #define SECTION_SIZE_BITS 24
> > > #define MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS 32
> > >
> >
> >
>




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