On Monday, 28 of January 2008, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: > Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > Actually, no. We only do that with the kernel code mapping which should be > > safe as long as TLBs are not flushed (and they aren't). > > > > Er, what? Assuming the TLB will retain some mappings while you > overwrite the pagetable is a highly dubious prospect. Are you copying > the same values over, or something else?
As long as a relocatable kernel is not used to restore a non-relocatable one (or vice versa), we're copying the same values over. Rafael -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
