Re: PATCH][1/8] 2.6.15 mlock: make_pages_wired/unwired

On Mon, 2006-03-20 at 08:36 -0500, Stone Wang wrote:
> 1. Add make_pages_unwired routine.
> 2. Replace make_pages_present with make_pages_wired, support rollback.
> 3. Pass 1 more param ("wire") to get_user_pages.

hmm again "wire" is a meaningless name
also.. get_user_pages ALWAYS pins the page ... so might as well make
that automatic (with an unpin when the pinning is released)



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