Re: [PATCH 4/9] mm: use mm_populate() for blocking remap_file_pages()

[Michel Lespinasse]

On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 9:23 PM, Hillf Danton <dhillf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Is it still necessary to populate mm if bail out due
> to a linear mapping encountered?

Yes. mmap_region() doesn't do it on its own, and we want the emulated
linear case to behave similarly to the true nonlinear case.

-- 
Michel "Walken" Lespinasse
A program is never fully debugged until the last user dies.
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