linux-kernel - Re: [patch 4/6] mm: merge populate and nopage into fault (fixes nonlinear)

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Message-Id: <E1HOt96-0008V6-00@dorka.pomaz.szeredi.hu>
Date:	Wed, 07 Mar 2007 11:13:20 +0100
From:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
To:	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl
CC:	npiggin@...e.de, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, miklos@...redi.hu,
	mingo@...e.hu, linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	benh@...nel.crashing.org
Subject: Re: [patch 4/6] mm: merge populate and nopage into fault (fixes
	nonlinear)

> *sigh* yes was looking at all that code, thats gonna be darn slow
> though, but I'll whip up a patch.

Well, if it's going to be darn slow, maybe it's better to go with
mingo's plan on emulating nonlinear vmas with linear ones.  That'll be
darn slow as well, but at least it will be much less complicated.

Miklos
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