Thread (4 messages) 4 messages, 4 authors, 2021-11-02

Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc/s64: Clarify that radix lacks DEBUG_PAGEALLOC

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From: Michael Ellerman <hidden>
Date: 2021-11-02 11:47:55

On Thu, 14 Oct 2021 08:04:38 +1030, Joel Stanley wrote:
The page_alloc.c code will call into __kernel_map_pages when
DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is configured and enabled.

As the implementation assumes hash, this should crash spectacularly if
not for a bit of luck in __kernel_map_pages. In this function
linear_map_hash_count is always zero, the for loop exits without doing
any damage.

[...]
Applied to powerpc/next.

[1/1] powerpc/s64: Clarify that radix lacks DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/4f703e7faa67a116016c4678fc88b507c12670c9

cheers
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