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http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f8d8406bcb58ff70e97b71c35ff5be90c54fc3d0
Commit:     f8d8406bcb58ff70e97b71c35ff5be90c54fc3d0
Parent:     7d8330a563b00040326084f933f5bee06675ac54
Author:     Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
AuthorDate: Wed Feb 13 14:09:53 2008 +0100
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CommitDate: Thu Feb 14 23:30:21 2008 +0100

    x86: cpa, fix out of date comment
    
    Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
 arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c |    8 ++++++--
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
index 5d22594..4119379 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
@@ -870,8 +870,12 @@ void kernel_map_pages(struct page *page, int numpages, int 
enable)
                return;
 
        /*
-        * The return value is ignored - the calls cannot fail,
-        * large pages are disabled at boot time:
+        * The return value is ignored as the calls cannot fail.
+        * Large pages are kept enabled at boot time, and are
+        * split up quickly with DEBUG_PAGEALLOC. If a splitup
+        * fails here (due to temporary memory shortage) no damage
+        * is done because we just keep the largepage intact up
+        * to the next attempt when it will likely be split up:
         */
        if (enable)
                __set_pages_p(page, numpages);
-
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