Re: [PATCH 16/20] swsusp: do not use virt_to_page on kernel dataaddress

[Nigel Cunningham]

Hi.

On Wed, 2007-03-07 at 23:50 +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > o virt_to_page() call should be used on kernel linear addresses and not
> >   on kernel text and data addresses. Swsusp code uses it on kernel data
> >   (statically allocated swsusp_header).
> > 
> > o Allocate swsusp_header dynamically so that virt_to_page() can be used
> >   safely.
> > 
> > o I am changing this because in next few patches, __pa() on x86_64 will
> >   no longer support kernel text and data addresses and hibernation breaks. 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> (I assume this was tested, too?)

Absolutely.

Nigel

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