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From: David Mosberger <davidm@napali.hpl.hp.com>
Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2003 07:10:29 +0000
Subject: Re: Problem with accessing page tables
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>>>>> On Sat, 8 Nov 2003 09:46:38 +0530, "Ameya Mitragotri" <ameya.mitragotri@wipro.com> said:

  >>> pmd = pmd_offset(pgd, address); <<<

  Ameya> One of the checks below fails because the call pmd_offset gives pmd 
  Ameya> With value o.

That means the PTE directory hasn't been allocated yet.  Perfectly
normal for memory that hasn't been accessed yet.

	--david