Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:34:37 -0700 | From | Jeremy Fitzhardinge <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86: hold mm->page_table_lock while doing vmalloc_sync |
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On 10/21/2010 02:26 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 10/21/2010 02:06 PM, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: >> Ping? Have you had any thoughts about possible x86-64 problems with this? >> >> Thanks, >> J > I didn't find any, so I already committed your patch to tip:x86/mm two > days ago.
Oh, thanks! I didn't see the tip commit.
> Now, it's worth noting that Linus has asked us to get rid of > vmalloc_sync_all() completely, which would be a good thing in the longer > term.
Fine by me.
J
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