Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> Is there any real use in having a ctor/dtor for the pgd cache?  Given
> that all pgd allocation happens via pgd_alloc/pgd_free, why not just
> fold the [cd]tor in?
>
> I'm asking because Xen wants pgd[3] to be unshared in the PAE case, and
> it looks to me like the easiest way to handle that is by making
> pgd_alloc/free pv-ops and doing the appropriate thing in the Xen code. 
> Would need to sort out the vmalloc mapping replication as well, but I
> think that's pretty straightforward.
>   

Actually, vmalloc mapping replication is not quite straightforward - you 
have to replicate it under locks and track all pgds using pgd_list if 
you support large pages.

Zach
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