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    [PATCH] Calculation fix for memory holes beyong the end of physical memory · 0c6cb974
    Mel Gorman authored
    absent_pages_in_range() made the assumption that users of the
    arch-independent zone-sizing API would not care about holes beyound the end
    of physical memory.  This was not the case and was "fixed" in a patch
    called "Account for holes that are outside the range of physical memory".
    However, when given a range that started before a hole in "real" memory and
    ended beyond the end of memory, it would get the result wrong.  The bug is
    in mainline but a patch is below.
    
    It has been tested successfully on a number of machines and architectures.
    Additional credit to Keith Mannthey for discovering the problem, helping
    identify the correct fix and confirming it Worked For Him.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
    Cc: keith mannthey <kmannth@us.ibm.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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