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    SubjectRe: [PATCH *] rmap VM, version 12
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    On Wed, 2002-01-23 at 13:57, Rik van Riel wrote:

    > Actually, this is just using the pte_free_fast() and
    > {get,free}_pgd_fast() functions on non-pae machines.
    >
    > I think this should be safe, unless there is a way
    > we could pagefault from inside interrupts (but I don't
    > think we do that).
    >
    > OTOH, the -preempt people will want to add preemption
    > protection from the fiddling with the local pte freelist ;)

    If you are using the stock mechanisms in include/asm/pgalloc.h they are
    already made preempt-safe by the patch. ;)

    Robert Love

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