Re: Linux-2.5.17

[Linus Torvalds]

On Wed, 22 May 2002, Roman Zippel wrote:
>
> Alternative suggestion: remove the present bit from the pgd/pmd entry.
> After you flushed the tlb, you can clean up the page tables without a
> hurry. That will work on any sane system and you don't have to force
> data and table pages into the same interface.

Sounds sane, except for the fact that some architectures do not actually
care about the "Present" bit in the pgd at all.

x86, to be exact ;(

		Linus