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| -rw-r--r-- | mm/page_alloc.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c index 206920796f5..559336de968 100644 --- a/mm/page_alloc.c +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -1742,10 +1742,17 @@ inline void setup_pageset(struct per_cpu_pageset *p, unsigned long batch) * with interrupts disabled. * * Some NUMA counter updates may also be caught by the boot pagesets. - * These will be discarded when bootup is complete. + * + * The boot_pagesets must be kept even after bootup is complete for + * unused processors and/or zones. They do play a role for bootstrapping + * hotplugged processors. + * + * zoneinfo_show() and maybe other functions do + * not check if the processor is online before following the pageset pointer. + * Other parts of the kernel may not check if the zone is available. */ static struct per_cpu_pageset - boot_pageset[NR_CPUS] __initdata; + boot_pageset[NR_CPUS]; /* * Dynamically allocate memory for the |