linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf_event: Provide vmalloc() based mmap() backing

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Message-Id: <20091007003202.5a8ac565.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Wed, 7 Oct 2009 00:32:02 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	mingo@...e.hu, peterz@...radead.org, paulus@...ba.org,
	jens.axboe@...cle.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf_event: Provide vmalloc() based mmap() backing

On Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:13:21 -0700 (PDT) David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:

> From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 14:23:59 +0200
> 
> > 
> > * Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:
> > 
> >> OK, so I rewrote it a few more times, does the below make everybody 
> >> feel warm and fuzzy?
> > 
> > Yeah, looks perfect to me - applied to tip:perf/urgent, thanks Peter!
> > 
> > Dave, could you please test it on Sparc too? The Git coordinates are at:
> > 
> >    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.git perf/urgent
> 
> Works fine here, I forced the vmalloc stuff on using the debug
> option.  Once your stuff goes in I'll add the select statement
> to arch/sparc/Kconfig
> 
> Andrew also needs to marge the vmalloc_user() patch.  I almost
> forgot that to apply to my tree when testing :-)

I seem to have lost it.  We might as well keep the two patches together
so can you please handle it?

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