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From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: You might need vmalloc_sync_all()
Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 13:37:33 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070501113733.GW25929@bingen.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070501074419.GA8120@flint.arm.linux.org.uk>

> What's this?

Hmm, when I look now at your source I don't see one either. Maybe
the reporter had a strangely patched kernel.

Anyways, point stands -- for on demand module mappings you likely
want vmalloc_sync_all to avoid nested faults. If you think you 
can handle the nested faults safely then ignore it @)

> 
> > Apparently at least ARM has this problem.
> 
> Is there a bug report?

Forwarded it.

-Andi

  reply	other threads:[~2007-05-01 10:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-05-01  4:26 You might need vmalloc_sync_all() Andi Kleen
2007-05-01  7:44 ` Russell King
2007-05-01 11:37   ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2007-05-01 19:20     ` Russell King

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