Re: page fault scalability patch final : i386 tested, x86_64 support added

David S. Miller
2004-09-02T21:10:00Z

On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 14:02:47 -0700 (PDT)
Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> wrote:

> I have the similar issues with the page scalability patch. Should I not do
> the legacy thing for platforms that do not have atomic pte operations?
> '

I think your situation is different. The set_pte() changes are modifying
the arguments of an existing interface.

Your changes are adding support for taking advantage of a facility
that may or may not exist on a platform.