Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] mtrr: s/suser/capable/ | Date | Thu, 31 Aug 2000 14:48:21 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> speaking of /dev/kmem, I always wondered why Alan Cox (or someone > else?) objected to adding vwrite() ability to write to vmalloc'd addresses > via /dev/kmem and this discussion is as good as any to ask here :)
If it can be done cleanly without races fore 2.4 then I dont see a problem. I also dont see why it is useful however which is my only objection. You can just use the physical address it maps to anyway
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