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Re: [PATCH] fix ia64 breakage with PHYSDEVOP_pirq_eoi_mfn (was Re:[Xen-d

To: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>, Isaku Yamahata <yamahata@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix ia64 breakage with PHYSDEVOP_pirq_eoi_mfn (was Re:[Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/2] linux/x86: use shared page indicatingthe need for an EOI notification)
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:07:54 +0000
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On 10/12/2008 09:21, "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>>>> Isaku Yamahata <yamahata@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 10.12.08 05:16 >>>
>> Sorry I sent out the old one. Here is the corrected one.
>> NULL check must be before its use.
> 
> Not really - alloc_bootmem() etc panic for themselves unless you use the
> _nopanic variants.
> Also, alloc_bootmem() etc zero the allocated memory, so no need for
> memset(), and the subsequent BUG_ON() can obviously go away.
> And finally, PAGE_SIZE isn't correct, you should use the size originally
> used, just slightly modified:
> 
> BITS_TO_LONGS(ALIGN(NR_PIRQS, PAGE_SIZE * 8))
> 
> I was about to put together a patch for this myself...

Can you just fix up Isaku's patch and then we'll collect a fresh sign-off
from him too?

 -- Keir



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