Re: [2.2.14 to 2.2.17pre9] infinite or long loop in shrink_mmap()

From: Andrea Arcangeli (andrea@suse.de)
Date: Fri Jul 28 2000 - 07:05:02 EST

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On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Edouard G. Parmelan wrote:

>Today, I reread shrink_mmap() and find that it could enter in an
>infinite loop with 2.2.14 to 2.2.17pre9. I don't know why I have not

It _can't_ enter an infinite loop because you have at least 1 page of
kernel memory allocated in the DMA area.

Andrea

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