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SubjectRe: [PATCH 10 of 20] ipath - support for userspace apps using core driver
FromBryan O'Sullivan <>
DateFri, 17 Mar 2006 08:40:09 -0800
On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 08:28 -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> kmalloc may be backed by a "struct page", but the point is that it does
> not honor the page _count_, and as such it is totally unsuitable for any
> VM usage.

That's fine. We're not calling dma_free_coherent until after the page
count goes back down to one (the driver is once again the only user).
But this doesn't seem germane to what Nick brought up, anyway.

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