use kmap atomic for kernels past 2.6.37 #80
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kmap_atomic is the recommended API, and it is much faster then kmap.
In my test, using kmap_atomic made memory dumps with LiME faster by an order of magnitude. I don't know what was the original reasoning for using kmap. I only put here a test for kernel version 2.6.37, but if you think we need to add some other compile or run time choice between kmap_atomic and kmap, I'd be happy to adjust.
Thank you!
Tsahi.