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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Align VM locks
On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 04:27:11PM -0400, Ben LaHaise wrote:
> Here's the patch I sent a few days ago that provides a couple of generic
> kmap_atomic entries for exactly this purpose and uses them for page cache
> access. Not only does it avoid unneeded shootdowns, but it means that
> spurious schedules won't happen under extreme loads.

if you want to take this route you don't need to define KM_USER*, just
rename KM_BOUNCE_WRITE to KM_KERNEL and use it always.

Andrea
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