On 16.05.2006 [10:24:27 -0700], Andrew Morton wrote:
> Nishanth Aravamudan <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Andrew,
> >
> > Resending, since I haven't heard anything back yet.
> >
> > Description: Fix a small typo in arch/i386/mm/init.c. Confirmed to fix
> > BugMe #6538.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Nishanth Aravamudan <[email protected]>
> >
> > diff -urpN 2.6.17-rc4/arch/i386/mm/init.c 2.6.17-rc4-dev/arch/i386/mm/init.c
> > --- 2.6.17-rc4/arch/i386/mm/init.c 2006-05-12 10:26:59.000000000 -0700
> > +++ 2.6.17-rc4-dev/arch/i386/mm/init.c 2006-05-12 13:49:38.000000000 -0700
> > @@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
> > * Specifically, in the case of x86, we will always add
> > * memory to the highmem for now.
> > */
> > -#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_MEMORY
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
> > #ifndef CONFIG_NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES
> > int add_memory(u64 start, u64 size)
> > {
> >
>
> I already have this patch queued up but I was half-wondering whether
> to not send it in for 2.6.17. Partly because the kernel actually
> links and apparently works, which is a rarity when memory hotplug is
> concerned.
>
> And partly because, well, just look at the patch. It will give the
> kernel new global symbols add_memory() and remove_memory(). So how
> come it links OK at present?
BugMe #6538 (http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6538) indicates
that we currently fail to link with at least 1 .config currently. Toralf
indicated this patch fixes the build for that particular .config.
> And how do we know that it'll link correctly with all configs once
> those symbols are added? If it _does_ link OK with these symbols
> added then they're not needed anyway.
>
> So there's something fishy going on here.
I won't deny that :)
Thanks,
Nish
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Nishanth Aravamudan <[email protected]>
IBM Linux Technology Center
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