Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 26 Dec 2000 16:26:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 26 Dec 2000 16:26:42 -0500 Received: from [194.213.32.137] ([194.213.32.137]:23557 "EHLO bug.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 26 Dec 2000 16:26:38 -0500 Message-ID: <20001226215317.B628@bug.ucw.cz> Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 21:53:17 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Joe deBlaquiere , Ralf Baechle Cc: the list , linux-mips@oss.sgi.com, linux-mips@fnet.fr Subject: Re: sysmips call and glibc atomic set In-Reply-To: <3A46F4D8.9060605@redhat.com> <20001226140204.D894@bacchus.dhis.org> <3A48CC1D.9000204@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93i In-Reply-To: <3A48CC1D.9000204@redhat.com>; from Joe deBlaquiere on Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 10:49:33AM -0600 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > > Not having swap doesn't mean you're safe. Think of any kind of previously > > unmapped page. > > > > Is there a reason why it doesn't just force that page to be mapped > first? You can map it in... But background daemon can map it out in the meantime :-). You'd have to map in and pagelock. Pavel -- I'm pavel@ucw.cz. "In my country we have almost anarchy and I don't care." Panos Katsaloulis describing me w.r.t. patents at discuss@linmodems.org - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/