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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] New phys_addr() syscall
    Richard Gooch <Richard.Gooch@atnf.CSIRO.AU> wrote:
    > > I suppose an alternative, at least for the unpriviledged mlock,
    > > would be to never allow memory from the low 16M (except on machines
    > > with 16M or less).
    >
    > This may be a good idea in any case, whether or not virt->phys
    > translations are made available.

    Note that this probably means moving the page before locking it,
    or people on 32M machines will have a fairly high probability of
    failure.

    --
    Raul

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