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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] linux/x86-64: allow kernel init memory to be fre
| To: | Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] linux/x86-64: allow kernel init memory to be freed |
| From: | Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:19:22 +0000 |
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On 2/3/07 16:01, "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The mappings in the direct map area must be writeable and, as the comment > says, make_readonly() forces all kernel space mappings to be set up as > read-only during boot. Thus this does *not* depend on > XENFEAT_writable_page_tables, unless make_readonly() is changed. Ok, understood. > So - would you be okay with taking the full-blown patch (probably not, as it > touches another file not currently in the sparse tree), or should I create a > __make_page_inaccessible() function along the lines of > __make_page_readonly()/__make_page_writable()? Yeah, I'll go with __make_page_inaccessible(). :-) -- Keir _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel |
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