On 22.12.2006 [11:55:27 -0600], Steve Fox wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-12-21 at 15:43 +1100, David Gibson wrote:
> > Current powerpc kernels have a bug, where due to bugs in the powerpc
> > version of hugetlb_get_unmapped_area(), 32-bit mmap()s which attempt
> > to create a mapping extending past TASK_SIZE (4GB) can cause a BUG()
> > to be triggered.  This patch adds a testcase for this bug.
> 
> I've tested this patch/test combo. Unpatched kernel gives the below
> oops. Patched kernel passes the test suite.

Applied to my tree (again, won't see it show up at ozlabs for a few
weeks).

Thanks,
Nish

-- 
Nishanth Aravamudan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
IBM Linux Technology Center

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