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Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:30:55 -0700
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To: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, PAT: honor CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM if pat is disable]
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On 07/22/2011 10:31 AM, Michal Hocko wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the clarification!
> What do you think about fixing the nopat with STRICT_DEVMEM like the
> patch does?
> 

>>From what I gather from your patch, the issue is that STRICT_DEVMEM
isn't being honored with nopat?  This is an obvious bug and should be fixed.

	-hpa