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Re: [Xen-devel] problem with direct_remap_pfn_range parameters

To: "Magenheimer, Dan (HP Labs Fort Collins)" <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] problem with direct_remap_pfn_range parameters
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:17:05 +0100
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On 15 Sep 2005, at 17:45, Magenheimer, Dan (HP Labs Fort Collins) wrote:

I see there are a number of possible solutions and
none of them are particularly pretty, so thought
I would open a discussion rather than submit an
ugly patch that would likely be rejected :-)

I think direct_remap_pfn_range() is not accessed directly from common code, so the interface can easily be changed. If so, changing to take a vma instead of mm is the obvious fix.

 -- Keir


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