From: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
To: Jared Hulbert <jaredeh@gmail.com>
Cc: benh@kernel.crashing.org,
Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@kvack.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Changing VM_PFNMAP assumptions and rules
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:17:52 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200711191117.52940.nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6934efce0711161542n1f73d96au7d0bfababd856098@mail.gmail.com>
On Saturday 17 November 2007 10:42, Jared Hulbert wrote:
> > And because /dev/mem is out of the picture, so is the requirement of
> > mapping pfn_valid() pages without refcounting them. The sketch I gave
> > in the first post *should* be on the right way
> >
> > I can write the patch for you if you like, but if you'd like a shot at
> > it, that would be great!
>
> I haven't tested this yet and this mailer is broken, I'm just hoping
> to get a little visual review.
No comments, other than, it looks good to me and I wouldn't see any
problems in getting it merged if it is able to solve your problems.
VM_MIXEDMAP is not a bad name, either ;)
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-11-19 0:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-11-09 19:15 Jared Hulbert
2007-11-11 0:09 ` Nick Piggin
2007-11-12 22:03 ` Jared Hulbert
2007-11-12 22:29 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-11-12 23:53 ` Jared Hulbert
2007-11-13 0:24 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-11-13 12:08 ` Nick Piggin
2007-11-14 1:29 ` Jared Hulbert
2007-11-13 17:26 ` Nick Piggin
2007-11-14 18:52 ` Jared Hulbert
2007-11-16 23:42 ` Jared Hulbert
2007-11-19 0:17 ` Nick Piggin [this message]
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