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[Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-changelog] This adds a patch for the vanilla kernel

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Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-changelog] This adds a patch for the vanilla kernel, to be pushed upstream some
From: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 11:47:20 -0400 (EDT)
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On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, Xen patchbot -unstable wrote:

> --- a/linux-2.6-xen-sparse/arch/xen/i386/mm/pgtable.c Mon Jul 11 15:43:12 2005
> +++ b/linux-2.6-xen-sparse/arch/xen/i386/mm/pgtable.c Mon Jul 11 15:46:46 2005

>       if (PTRS_PER_PMD == 1 || !pgd)
>               return pgd;
>  
> +     if (!HAVE_SHARED_KERNEL_PMD) {
> +             /* alloc and copy kernel pmd */
> +             unsigned long flags;
> +             pgd_t *copy_pgd = pgd_offset_k(PAGE_OFFSET);
> +             pud_t *copy_pud = pud_offset(copy_pgd, PAGE_OFFSET);

I don't understand how the code inside this if condition
ever gets to run.  Surely the previous test should catch
the non-PAE case already ?

Or is this code a preparation for non-3:1 splits ?

-- 
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borne by others, while the cost of admitting mistakes is borne by yourself."
  -- Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate in Economics

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