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Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 17:30:45 -0500
From: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@redhat.com>
To: "Sottek, Matthew J" <matthew.j.sottek@intel.com>
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Subject: Re: zap_page_range in a module
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In-Reply-To: <C8C7DD4157F2D411AC7000A0C96B1522016C37D4@fmsmsx58.fm.intel.com>; from matthew.j.sottek@intel.com on Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 01:26:29PM -0800
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On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 01:26:29PM -0800, Sottek, Matthew J wrote:
> currently can only work when compiled into the kernel because I need 
> zap_page_rage(). Is there an acceptable way for me to get equivalent
> functionality in a module so that this will be more useful to the
> general public?

The vm does zap_page_range for you if you're implementing an mmap operation, 
otherwise vmalloc/vfree/vremap will take care of the details for you.  How 
is your code using zap_page_range?  It really shouldn't be.

		-ben
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