> > > > Look in page_mkclean(). Where does it handle non-linear mappings? > > > > OK, I'd forgotten about that. It won't break dirty memory accounting, > but it'll potentially break dirty memory balancing. > > If we have the wrong page (due to nonlinear), page_check_address() will > fail and we'll leave the pte dirty.
It won't even get that far, because it only looks at vmas on mapping->i_mmap, and not on i_mmap_nonlinear. Miklos - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/