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From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
Subject: Re: pgd_alloc and [cd]tors
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 23:14:22 -0800
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Zachary Amsden wrote:
> No, it doesn't exist under PAE, since PAE uses a common pgd[3]
> therefore the init_mm pgd never needs changing for large page / split
> page PD transitions.  The code is there for non-PAE, but compiled out
> of the PAE version. =


Yep, but it would work if it were restored, right.  I'm adding
SHARED_KERNEL_PMD to replace all the tests on PTRS_PER_PMD, and a
shared_kernel_pmd flag to pvops.

    J