linux-kernel - 2.6.21-rc5-mm1: i386/x86_64 register_die

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Message-ID: <20070327212605.GE16477@stusta.de>
Date:	Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:26:05 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, ak@...e.de
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, discuss@...-64.org
Subject: 2.6.21-rc5-mm1: i386/x86_64 register_die_notifier() change

On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 08:57:06PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
>...
> Changes since 2.6.21-rc4-mm1:
>...
> +move-die-notifier-handling-to-common-code.patch
>...
>  Misc
>...

Is the removal of the vmalloc_sync_all() call in register_die_notifier() 
on i386 and x86_64 both intentional and correct?

cu
Adrian

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