Re: [PATCH] x86: hold mm->page_table_lock while doing vmalloc_sync

Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2010-10-21T21:34:43Z

On 10/21/2010 02:26 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 10/21/2010 02:06 PM, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
>> Ping? Have you had any thoughts about possible x86-64 problems with this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> J
> I didn't find any, so I already committed your patch to tip:x86/mm two
> days ago.

Oh, thanks! I didn't see the tip commit.

> Now, it's worth noting that Linus has asked us to get rid of
> vmalloc_sync_all() completely, which would be a good thing in the longer
> term.

Fine by me.

J