Re: Patch(?): linux-2.4.3-pre6/mm/vmalloc.c could return with init_mm.page_table_lock held

From: Adam J. Richter (adam@yggdrasil.com)
Date: Fri Mar 23 2001 - 06:35:56 EST

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Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@conectiva.com.br> writes:
>There is no need to hold mm->page_table_lock for vmalloced memory.

I don't know if it makes a difference, but I should clarify
that mm == &init_mm throughout this code, not &current->mm.

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