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From: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@redhat.com>
To: "Sottek, Matthew J" <matthew.j.sottek@intel.com>
Cc: "'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: zap_page_range in a module
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 21:31:42 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20011214213142.A28867@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <C8C7DD4157F2D411AC7000A0C96B1522016C37D8@fmsmsx58.fm.intel.com>
In-Reply-To: <C8C7DD4157F2D411AC7000A0C96B1522016C37D8@fmsmsx58.fm.intel.com>; from matthew.j.sottek@intel.com on Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 06:10:52PM -0800

On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 06:10:52PM -0800, Sottek, Matthew J wrote:
> >The vm does zap_page_range for you if you're implementing an
> >mmap operation, 
> 
> It only does zap_page_range() when the memory map is being
> removed right?

Right.

> I have a 64k sliding "window" into a 1MB region. You can only access
> 64k at a time then you have to switch the "bank" to access the next
> 64k. Address 0xa0000-0xaffff is the 64k window. The actual 1MB of
> memory is above the top of memory and not directly addressable by the
> CPU, you have to go through the banks.

Stop right there.  You can't do that.  The code will deadlock on page 
faults for certain usage patterns.  It's slow, inefficient and a waste 
of effort.

		-ben
-- 
Fish.

  reply	other threads:[~2001-12-15  2:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-12-15  2:10 zap_page_range in a module Sottek, Matthew J
2001-12-15  2:31 ` Benjamin LaHaise [this message]
2001-12-17  9:32   ` Martin Diehl
2001-12-18 13:04     ` Helge Hafting
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-12-14 21:26 Sottek, Matthew J
2001-12-14 22:30 ` Benjamin LaHaise
2001-12-17  9:32   ` Martin Diehl

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