linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vm/agp: remove private page protection map

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Date:	Wed, 26 Jul 2006 19:59:31 -0400
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Dave Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>
Cc:	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...emonkey.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vm/agp: remove private page protection map

On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 12:24:27AM +0100, Dave Airlie wrote:
 > >
 > >I'm happy with the intent of your vm_get_page_prot() patch (and would
 > >like to extend it to other places after, minimizing references to the
 > >protection_map[]).  But there's a few aspects which distress me - the
 > >u8 type nowhere else in mm, the requirement that caller mask the arg,
 > >agp_convert_mmap_flags still using its own conversion from PROT_ to VM_
 > >while there's an inline in mm.h (though why someone thought to optimize
 > >and so obscure that version puzzles me!).  Would you be happy to insert
 > >your Sign-off in the replacement below?
 > 
 > No worries, I think davej can drop my one from his tree as well and take 
 > this..

Done, and pushed out to agpgart.git

Thanks,

		Dave

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