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

H. Peter Anvin
2010-10-21T21:26:37Z

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.

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.

-hpa