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Re: [PATCH V2 1/2] kexec: Make a pair of map/unmap reserved pages in error path

From Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH V2 1/2] kexec: Make a pair of map/unmap reserved pages in error path
Date 2016-03-01 23:00 +0100
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On Tue,  1 Mar 2016 16:02:28 +0800 Minfei Huang <mnfhuang@gmail.com> wrote:

> For some arch, kexec shall map the reserved pages, then use them, when
> we try to start the kdump service.

Which architectures are these, by the way?

> kexec may return directly, without unmaping the reserved pages, if it
> fails during starting service. To fix it, we make a pair of map/unmap
> reserved pages both in generic path and error path.

I'm having trouble understanding the urgency of this patch.  Do you
think it is needed in 4.5?  -stable?  If so, why?

Thanks.

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[PATCH V2 1/2] kexec: Make a pair of map/unmap reserved pages in error path Minfei Huang <mnfhuang@gmail.com> - 2016-03-01 09:10 +0100
  Re: [PATCH V2 1/2] kexec: Make a pair of map/unmap reserved pages  in error path Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-03-01 23:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH V2 1/2] kexec: Make a pair of map/unmap reserved pages in  error path Minfei Huang <mhuang@redhat.com> - 2016-03-02 04:00 +0100

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