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Re: [PATCH 1/2] remap file pages MAP_NONBLOCK fix

To: Rajesh Venkatasubramanian <vrajesh@eecs.umich.edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] remap file pages MAP_NONBLOCK fix
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 14:50:56 -0400
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On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 02:31:37PM -0400, Rajesh Venkatasubramanian wrote:
> Hi Andrew, Ingo,
> 
> The remap_file_pages system call with MAP_NONBLOCK flag does not
> install file-ptes when the required pages are not found in the
> page cache. Modify the populate functions to install file-ptes
> if the mapping is non-linear and the required pages are not found
> in the page cache.

Or we could just kill remap_file_pages(), because it's a PITA to
maintain and it has maybe 10 legitimate users in the entire world...

	Jeff



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