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From: "Adam J. Richter" <adam@yggdrasil.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 03:35:56 -0800
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To: marcelo@conectiva.com.br
Subject: Re: Patch(?): linux-2.4.3-pre6/mm/vmalloc.c could return with init_mm.page_table_lock held
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Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@conectiva.com.br> writes:
>There is no need to hold mm->page_table_lock for vmalloced memory.

	I don't know if it makes a difference, but I should clarify
that mm == &init_mm throughout this code, not &current->mm.

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