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Subject: Re: Looking for links: Why Linux Doesn't Page Kernel Memory?
From: Robert Love <rml@tech9.net>
To: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
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On Fri, 2002-07-26 at 12:10, Rik van Riel wrote:

> On 26 Jul 2002, Robert Love wrote:
>
> > Better question is, why would we have page-able kernel memory?
> 
> We don't want to have generic page-able kernel memory.
> 
> However, it might be useful to be able to reclaim or page
> out data structures that might otherwise gobble up all of
> RAM and crash the machine, say page tables.

I agree a better solution than high-pte is probably needed.  Shared page
tables and/or large page tables insufficient?

	Robert Love

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