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[Xen-devel] Re: [patch 16/26] Xen-paravirt_ops: Allocate and free	vmallo 
| To: | Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> |  
| Subject: | [Xen-devel] Re: [patch 16/26] Xen-paravirt_ops: Allocate and free	vmalloc areas |  
| From: | Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx> |  
| Date: | Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:05:50 -0700 |  
| Cc: | Zachary Amsden <zach@xxxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,	Ian Pratt <ian.pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx,	Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,	linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>,	Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxx>,	Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,	Christian Limpach <Christian.Limpach@xxxxxxxxxxxx> |  
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| Ingo Molnar wrote:
>> +struct vm_struct *alloc_vm_area(unsigned long size)
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>
> this should go into mm/vmalloc.c.
The trouble is that it calls the arch-dependent vmalloc_sync_all(),
which is important for Xen's use of this function.  And without that
it's just a pointless wrapper around get_vm_area.
    J
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