Re: Patch(?): linux-2.4.3-pre6/mm/vmalloc.c could return with init_mm.page_table_lock held

[Adam J. Richter]

Marcelo Tosatti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>There is no need to hold mm->page_table_lock for vmalloced memory.

        I don't know if it makes a difference, but I should clarify
that mm == &init_mm throughout this code, not &current->mm.

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