On Monday, 28 of January 2008, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > On Monday, 28 of January 2008, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: > >> Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > >>> Actually, no. We only do that with the kernel code mapping which should > >>> be > >>> safe as long as TLBs are not flushed (and they aren't). > >>> > >> Er, what? Assuming the TLB will retain some mappings while you > >> overwrite the pagetable is a highly dubious prospect. Are you copying > >> the same values over, or something else? > > > > As long as a relocatable kernel is not used to restore a non-relocatable one > > (or vice versa), we're copying the same values over. > > > > So that case is deliberately considered broken?
Not deliberately, but the fix I had caused a regression. It's just a pending issue. Rafael -- 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/
