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From: David Mosberger <davidm@napali.hpl.hp.com>
To: Jes Sorensen <jes@wildopensource.com>
Cc: Jamie Wellnitz <Jamie.Wellnitz@emulex.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: virt_to_page/pci_map_page vs. pci_map_single
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 14:02:57 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <16294.53393.763572.291298@napali.hpl.hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <yq0sml5a63s.fsf@wildopensource.com>

>>>>> On 03 Nov 2003 09:17:59 -0500, Jes Sorensen <jes@wildopensource.com> said:

>>>>> "Jamie" == Jamie Wellnitz <Jamie.Wellnitz@emulex.com> writes:
  Jamie> On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 03:10:46AM -0500, Jes Sorensen wrote:
  >>> virt_to_page() can handle any page in the standard kernel region

  Jamie> What is the "standard kernel region"?  ZONE_NORMAL?

  Jes> Hmmm, my brain has gotten ia64ified ;-) It's basically the normal
  Jes> mappings of the kernel, ie. the kernel text/data/bss segments as well
  Jes> as anything you do not get back as a dynamic mapping such as
  Jes> ioremap/vmalloc/kmap.

I don't think it's safe to use virt_to_page() on static kernel
addresses (text, data, and bss).  For example, ia64 linux nowadays
uses a virtual mapping for the static kernel memory, so it's not part
of the identity-mapped segment.

	--david

  reply	other threads:[~2003-11-03 22:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-11-02 18:12 virt_to_page/pci_map_page vs. pci_map_single Jamie Wellnitz
2003-11-03  8:10 ` Jes Sorensen
2003-11-03 12:52   ` Jamie Wellnitz
2003-11-03 14:17     ` Jes Sorensen
2003-11-03 22:02       ` David Mosberger [this message]
2003-11-04  0:41         ` David S. Miller
2003-11-04  9:44         ` Jes Sorensen
2003-11-03 18:48 James Bottomley
2003-11-03 22:03 ` Jamie Wellnitz
2003-11-04  9:48 ` Jes Sorensen
2003-11-04 16:35   ` Matt Porter
2003-11-04 16:47     ` James Bottomley
2003-11-04 17:11       ` Matt Porter
2003-11-04 16:43   ` James Bottomley
2003-11-05 16:23     ` Anton Blanchard
2003-11-06  8:28     ` Jes Sorensen
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     [not found]       ` <NV3O.5w7.19@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found]         ` <NWCA.7Qv.19@gated-at.bofh.it>
2003-11-04  8:41           ` Ihar 'Philips' Filipau

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