sendfile isn't synchronous, nor is aio, which also relies on freeing pages
acquired from user mappings in irq/bh/whatever context. Restricting where
pages may be freed really ties our hands on what is possible for zero copy
io. (ie O_DIRECT, aio, sendfile, TUX all get hosed by this).
-ben (who is really on vacation)
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