From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:16:32 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20080327.211632.02770342.davem@davemloft.net> Subject: Re: [patch 1/2]: x86: implement pte_special From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20080328041519.GF8083@wotan.suse.de> References: <20080328040442.GE8083@wotan.suse.de> <20080327.210910.101408473.davem@davemloft.net> <20080328041519.GF8083@wotan.suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org From: Nick Piggin Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:15:20 +0100 Return-Path: To: npiggin@suse.de Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, shaggy@austin.ibm.com, axboe@oracle.com, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org List-ID: > The other thing is that the "how do I know if I can refcount the page > behind this (mm,vaddr,pte) tuple" can be quite arch specific as well. > And it is also non-trivial to do because that information can be dynamic > depending on what driver mapped in that given tuple. Those are good points. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org