Re: [PATCH] lazy freeing of memory through MADV_FREE

[Rik van Riel]

Paul Mackerras wrote:
> Rik van Riel writes:
>
> > I guess we'll need to call tlb_remove_tlb_entry() inside the
> > MADV_FREE code to keep powerpc happy.
>
> I don't see why; once ptep_test_and_clear_young has returned, the
> entry in the hash table has already been removed. 

OK, so this one won't be necessary. Good to know that.

Andrew, it looks like things won't be that bad :)

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