Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [rfc][patch] remove nopage | From | Jon Masters <> | Date | Mon, 12 Nov 2007 03:19:45 -0500 |
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On Mon, 2007-11-12 at 03:17 -0500, Jon Masters wrote: > On Mon, 2007-11-12 at 02:56 +0100, Nick Piggin wrote: > > > This is a patch to remove 'nopage' from the tree. > > Interesting, but why now? What precipitated this?
Actually reading said patch and thinking helps. I'll go hide back under my rock now...
What: vm_ops.nopage When: Soon, provided in-kernel callers have been converted Why: This interface is replaced by vm_ops.fault, but it has been around forever, is used by a lot of drivers, and doesn't cost much to maintain.
Jon.
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