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SubjectRe: weirdness with ->mm vs ->active_mm handling
On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 07:45:49PM -0400, Alexander Viro wrote:
> Lazy-TLB == "promise not to use a lot of stuff in the kernel". In particular,
> any page fault in that state is a bug.

In that case the lazy vmalloc faulting code is busted, as accessing a vmalloc
page may need to fill in a pgd/pmd entry from a lazy tlb task. Got an idea
for a more preferable fix?

-ben
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