From: Hugh Dickins <hugh@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 23:43:47 +0100 (BST) > Sure it's important for not-previously-present mappings, when you're > installing a present pte. But the "file pte" being installed by > install_file_pte is not a real pte - it's a non-present entry (like > a swap entry), noting what file offset should be mapped there when > there's a fault (in a non-linear vma where that's not obvious). My bad, the update_mmu_cache() certainly is erroneous in that case. Thanks for the clarification. - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-ia64" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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