Hi Ralf, I was poking about the preempt_count muck and stumbled upon this.. Should you be using the pagefault_*() methods here? --- a/arch/mips/mm/init.c +++ b/arch/mips/mm/init.c @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ void *kmap_coherent(struct page *page, u BUG_ON(Page_dcache_dirty(page)); - inc_preempt_count(); + pagefault_disable(); idx = (addr >> PAGE_SHIFT) & (FIX_N_COLOURS - 1); #ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_MT_SMTC idx += FIX_N_COLOURS * smp_processor_id() + @@ -193,8 +193,7 @@ void kunmap_coherent(void) write_c0_entryhi(old_ctx); EXIT_CRITICAL(flags); #endif - dec_preempt_count(); - preempt_check_resched(); + pagefault_enable(); } void copy_user_highpage(struct page *to, struct page *from,