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Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/6] xen: don't call vmalloc_sync_all() when

To: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/6] xen: don't call vmalloc_sync_all() when mapping foreign pages
From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:57:24 -0700
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On 09/21/2011 03:42 AM, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Sep 2011, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
>> This series is relying on regular ram mappings are already synced to all
>> tasks, but I'm not sure that's necessarily guaranteed (for example, if
>> you hotplug new memory into the domain, the new pages won't be mapped
>> into every mm unless they're synced).
> the series is using GFP_KERNEL, so this problem shouldn't occur, right?

What properties do you think GFP_KERNEL guarantees?

    J

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