Re: [patch 10/17] mm: fix bootmem alignment

[Yinghai Lu]

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 10:02 AM,  <npiggin@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Without this fix bootmem can return unaligned addresses when the start of a
>  node is not aligned to the align value. Needed for reliably allocating
>  gigabyte pages.
>
>  I removed the offset variable because all tests should align themself correctly
>  now. Slight drawback might be that the bootmem allocator will spend
>  some more time skipping bits in the bitmap initially, but that shouldn't
>  be a big issue.
>


this patch from Andi was obsoleted by the one in -mm


The patch titled
    mm: offset align in alloc_bootmem
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
    mm-offset-align-in-alloc_bootmem.patch

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Subject: mm: offset align in alloc_bootmem
From: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel.send@xxxxxxxxx>

Need offset alignment when node_boot_start's alignment is less than align
required

Use local node_boot_start to match align.  so don't add extra opteration in
search loop.

Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Yasunori Goto <y-goto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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