Re: [PATCH] docs/mm: add VMA locks documentation

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On Thu, Nov 07, 2024 at 07:01:37PM +0000, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> +.. note:: In instances where the architecture supports fewer page tables than
> +   five the kernel cleverly 'folds' page table levels, that is skips them within
> +   the logic, regardless we can act as if there were always five.

What are being skipped if e.g. we only have 3 or 4 page tables?

Confused...

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