linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/8] remove vm

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Date:	Thu, 6 Dec 2012 14:50:20 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Joonsoo Kim <js1304@...il.com>
Cc:	Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	kexec@...ts.infradead.org, Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/8] remove vm_struct list management

On Fri,  7 Dec 2012 01:09:27 +0900
Joonsoo Kim <js1304@...il.com> wrote:

> I'm not sure that "7/8: makes vmlist only for kexec" is fine.
> Because it is related to userspace program.
> As far as I know, makedumpfile use kexec's output information and it only
> need first address of vmalloc layer. So my implementation reflect this
> fact, but I'm not sure. And now, I don't fully test this patchset.
> Basic operation work well, but I don't test kexec. So I send this
> patchset with 'RFC'.

Yes, this is irritating.  Perhaps Vivek or one of the other kexec
people could take a look at this please - if would obviously be much
better if we can avoid merging [patch 7/8] at all.
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