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SubjectRe: kmap_atomic_pfn for PCI BAR access?
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> Anything that does any kind of pagetable manipulation needs to do tlb flushes.
> kunmap_atomic handles the flushing.

It doesn't however need to do an IPI dance which is the worst part of
doing a tlb flush on SMP machines.

flushing local CPU tlbs is bad, but doing IPIs and waiting for everyone
else is brutal.

Dave.


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