Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:13:14 -0400 | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] lazy freeing of memory through MADV_FREE |
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Paul Mackerras wrote: > Rik van Riel writes: > >> I guess we'll need to call tlb_remove_tlb_entry() inside the >> MADV_FREE code to keep powerpc happy. > > I don't see why; once ptep_test_and_clear_young has returned, the > entry in the hash table has already been removed.
OK, so this one won't be necessary. Good to know that.
Andrew, it looks like things won't be that bad :)
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