Re: [PATCH *] rmap VM, version 12

Rik van Riel
2002-01-23T19:37:15Z

On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, David S. Miller wrote:

> If there is some specific magic I'm missing, could you
> please point me to the code I'm overlooking ? ;)
>
> Look at what get_pgd_slow() in pgalloc.h does, this is the
> case where it isn't going to the cache and it is really allocating the
> memory.

> Hmmm... maybe the "we can fault on kernel mappings" thing takes
> care of this because kernel PMDs can only appear, not go away.

OK, so only the _pgd_ quicklist is questionable and the
_pte_ quicklist is fine ?

regards,

Rik
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