linux-kernel - Re: [RFC/PATCH 1/2] powerpc: unmap_vm_area becomes unmap_kernel

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Date:	Wed, 16 May 2007 13:48:37 +1000
From:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	Linux Memory Management <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH 1/2] powerpc: unmap_vm_area becomes
	unmap_kernel_range

On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 13:45 +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> This patch renames unmap_vm_area to unmap_kernel_range and make
> it take an explicit range instead of a vm_area struct. This makes
> it more versatile for code that wants to play with kernel page
> tables outside of the standard vmalloc area.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org> 

BTW, sorry for the incorrect title, it's not powerpc specific really
(though I want to use the new function from powerpc code)

Ben.


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