Re: [PATCH] Fix preemptible lazy mode bug

Andi Kleen wrote:
>> ; it does
>> seem perfectly acceptable though for the mm code to use kmap or vmap
>> (not kmap_atomic) internally somewhere in the pagetable code.
>>     
>
> i386 does it all the time for highmem pagetables in fact.
>   

Yes, it uses kmap_atomic(_pte) all the time.  Is that what you meant?

    J
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