Re: [PATCH] x86: hold mm->page_table_lock while doing vmalloc_sync

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 10/21/2010 02:06 PM, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
>  Ping?  Have you had any thoughts about possible x86-64 problems with this?
> 
> Thanks,
>     J

I didn't find any, so I already committed your patch to tip:x86/mm two
days ago.

Now, it's worth noting that Linus has asked us to get rid of
vmalloc_sync_all() completely, which would be a good thing in the longer
term.

	-hpa
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