Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 04 Jun 2003 15:38:09 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Remove page_table_lock from vma manipulations |
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Dave McCracken wrote: > > After more careful consideration, I don't see any reasons why > page_table_lock is necessary for dealing with vmas. I found one spot in > swapoff, but it was easily changed to mmap_sem.
What keeps the VMA tree consistent when try_to_unmap_one() runs find_vma()? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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