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On 01/06/2017 10:02 AM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
> Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 08:55:03 -0800
>
>> Actually, that reminds me...  How does your code interface with ksm?  Or
>> is there no interaction needed since you're always working on virtual
>> addresses?
>
> This reminds me, I consider this feature potentially extremely useful for
> kernel debugging.  So I would like to make sure we don't implement anything
> in a way which would preclude that in the long term.

I agree and please do point out if I have made any implementation 
decisions that could preclude that.

Thanks,
Khalid