linux-kernel - Re: [patch 3/3] mm: fault handler to replace nopage and populate

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Date:	Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:09:21 +1000
From:	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>
To:	Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com>
CC:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>,
	Linux Memory Management <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 3/3] mm: fault handler to replace nopage and populate

Dave Airlie wrote:
> On 10/7/06, Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de> wrote:
> 
>> Nonlinear mappings are (AFAIKS) simply a virtual memory concept that
>> encodes the virtual address -> file offset differently from linear
>> mappings.
>>
> 
> Hi Nick,
> 
> what is the status of this patch? I'm just trying to line up a kernel
> tree for the new DRM memory management code, which really would like
> this...
> 
> Dave.

Hi Dave,

Blocked by another kernel bug at the moment. I hope both fixes can
make it into 2.6.20, but if that doesn't look like it will happen,
then I might try reworking the patchset to break the ->fault change
out by itself because there are several others who would like to use
it as well.

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