Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Jan 2002 17:36:35 -0200 (BRST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH *] rmap VM, version 12 |
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On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, David S. Miller wrote:
> If there is some specific magic I'm missing, could you > please point me to the code I'm overlooking ? ;) > > Look at what get_pgd_slow() in pgalloc.h does, this is the > case where it isn't going to the cache and it is really allocating the > memory.
> Hmmm... maybe the "we can fault on kernel mappings" thing takes > care of this because kernel PMDs can only appear, not go away.
OK, so only the _pgd_ quicklist is questionable and the _pte_ quicklist is fine ?
regards,
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