From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Piggin Subject: Re: [RFC] Changing VM_PFNMAP assumptions and rules Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:17:52 +1100 References: <6934efce0711091115i3f859a00id0b869742029b661@mail.gmail.com> <200711140426.51614.nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> <6934efce0711161542n1f73d96au7d0bfababd856098@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6934efce0711161542n1f73d96au7d0bfababd856098@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200711191117.52940.nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Jared Hulbert Cc: benh@kernel.crashing.org, Linux Memory Management List List-ID: 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 ;) -- 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/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org