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Fix lazy mode vmalloc synchronization for paravirt
authorZachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>
Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:30:36 +0000 (18:30 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:10:47 +0000 (11:10 -0700)
commit8b14cb9953c6b569327e9372718cff09a98f9589
treeb4eeaa2cb428fc6471c0f124cb8bb9e23de03273tree | snapshot
parentcb00e99c0abd844b884c64c6b54aa3b7d345ebb1commit | diff
Fix lazy mode vmalloc synchronization for paravirt

Touching vmalloc memory in the middle of a lazy mode update can generate
a kernel PDE update, which must be flushed immediately.  The fix is to
leave lazy mode when doing a vmalloc sync.

Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>
Acked-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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