Re: [PATCH 3/4] Hugetlb: Reorganize hugetlb_fault to prepare for COW

On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 05:38:47PM -0600, Adam Litke wrote:
> Hugetlb: Reorganize hugetlb_fault to prepare for COW
> This patch splits the "no_page()" type activity into its own function,
> hugetlb_no_page().  hugetlb_fault() becomes the entry point for hugetlb faults
> and delegates to the appropriate handler depending on the type of fault.  Right
> now we still have only hugetlb_no_page() but a later patch introduces a COW
> fault.
> Original post by David Gibson <[email protected]>
> Version 2: Wed 9 Nov 2005
> 	Broken out into a separate patch
> Signed-off-by: David Gibson <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Adam Litke <[email protected]>

Straightforward enough.

Acked-by: William Irwin <[email protected]>


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