Re: kmalloc() allocation.

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Tue Oct 31 2000 - 10:01:46 EST


> The code for vmalloc allocates the pages at vmalloc time, not after. The
> TLB is populated lazily, but most definately not the page tables.

Is the lazy tlb population interrupt safe or do I need to change any driver
using vmalloced memory from an IRQ ?

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