Re: [PATCH 1/2] vmap: cope with vm_unmap_aliases beforevmalloc_init()

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Thu Nov 06 2008 - 05:03:01 EST

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* Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
>> Xen can end up calling vm_unmap_aliases() before vmalloc_init() has
>> been called. In this case its safe to make it a simple no-op.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Ping? Nick, Ingo: do you want to pick these up, or shall I send them to
> Linus myself?

i've applied them to tip/core/urgent and will send them to Linus
unless Nick or Andrew has objections.

Ingo
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