Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 9 Oct 1999 18:01:27 +0200 (CEST) | From | Andrea Arcangeli <> | Subject | Re: locking question: do_mmap(), do_munmap() |
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On Sat, 9 Oct 1999, Alexander Viro wrote:
>do_munmap() doesn't need the big lock. do_mmap() callers should grab
Look the swapout path. Without the big kernel lock you'll free vmas under swap_out().
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/andrea/kernel-patches/pending-2.3.x/munmap-lock-1
Andrea
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