Re: [patch 4/5] x86: use BOOTMEM_EXCLUSIVE on 32-bit

[Bernhard Walle]

* Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> [2008-06-23 10:09]:

> 
> | commit 91d48fc80f22817332170082e10de60a75851640
> | Author: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@xxxxxxx>
> | Date:   Sun Jun 8 15:46:29 2008 +0200
> | CommitDate: Tue Jun 10 14:41:56 2008 +0200
> |
> |    bootmem: add return value to reserve_bootmem_node()
> |
> |    This patch changes the function reserve_bootmem_node() from void to
> |    int, returning -ENOMEM if the allocation fails.
> |
> |    Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@xxxxxxx>
> |    Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
> 
> so it is a -stable candidate just as much as the kexec fix. (These are 
> all fixes for long-standing problems so i guess it can go all the way 
> back to all stable kernels that are being maintained.)

Ingo, 

shouldn't we add the reserve_bootmem_generic() fix [1] to 2.6.26-* at
least?


Bernhard

[1] 62b5ebe062c2801f6d40480ae3b91a64c8c8e6cb
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