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SubjectRe: Extending mmu_notifiers to handle __xip_unmap in a sleepable context?
Argh,

Here is the correct one. Sorry

On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 05:58:41AM -0600, Robin Holt wrote:
> With this set of patches, I think we have enough to get xpmem working
> with most types of mappings. In the past, we operated without any of
> these callouts by significantly restricting why types of mappings could
> remotely fault and what types of operations the user could do. With
> this set, I am certain we can continue to meet the above assumptions.
>
> That said, I would like to discuss __xip_unmap in more detail.
>
> Currently, it is calling mmu_notifier _begin and _end under the
> i_mmap_lock. I _THINK_ the following will make it so we could support
> __xip_unmap (although I don't recall ever seeing that done on ia64 and
> don't even know what the circumstances are for its use).

Index: mmu_notifiers-cl-v5/mm/filemap_xip.c
===================================================================
--- mmu_notifiers-cl-v5.orig/mm/filemap_xip.c 2008-02-01 05:38:32.000000000 -0600
+++ mmu_notifiers-cl-v5/mm/filemap_xip.c 2008-02-01 06:09:09.000000000 -0600
@@ -184,6 +184,10 @@ __xip_unmap (struct address_space * mapp
if (!page)
return;

+ if (unlikely(PageExternalRmap(page))) {
+ mmu_rmap_notifier(invalidate_page, page);
+ ClearPageExternalRmap(page);
+ }
spin_lock(&mapping->i_mmap_lock);
vma_prio_tree_foreach(vma, &iter, &mapping->i_mmap, pgoff, pgoff) {
mm = vma->vm_mm;

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