Re: page fault scalability patch final : i386 tested, x86_64support added

From: David S. Miller
Date: Thu Sep 02 2004 - 16:13:51 EST


On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 14:02:47 -0700 (PDT)
Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have the similar issues with the page scalability patch. Should I not do
> the legacy thing for platforms that do not have atomic pte operations?
> '

I think your situation is different. The set_pte() changes are modifying
the arguments of an existing interface.

Your changes are adding support for taking advantage of a facility
that may or may not exist on a platform.
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