On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 09:04:44PM +0100, Eric Dumazet wrote: > Chasing some invalid accesses to .init zone, I found that free_init_pages() > was properly freeing the pages but virtual was still usable. This change will break the large table entries up, resulting in more TLB pressure and reducing performance, and so should only be activated as a debug option. -ben -- "Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sorry to interrupt, but the police are here and they've asked us to stop the party." Don't Email: <dont@kvack.org>. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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