From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 19:52:18 -0400 From: Benjamin LaHaise Subject: Re: weirdness with ->mm vs ->active_mm handling Message-ID: <20020829195218.I17288@redhat.com> References: <20020829193413.H17288@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: ; from viro@math.psu.edu on Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 07:45:49PM -0400 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Alexander Viro Cc: Linus Torvalds , linux-mm@kvack.org, Linux Kernel List-ID: On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 07:45:49PM -0400, Alexander Viro wrote: > Lazy-TLB == "promise not to use a lot of stuff in the kernel". In particular, > any page fault in that state is a bug. In that case the lazy vmalloc faulting code is busted, as accessing a vmalloc page may need to fill in a pgd/pmd entry from a lazy tlb task. Got an idea for a more preferable fix? -ben -- "You will be reincarnated as a toad; and you will be much happier." -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/