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SubjectRe: [PATCH 06/21] mm: Simplify anon_vma refcounts
On Fri, 26 Nov 2010 15:38:49 +0100
Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> wrote:

> This patch changes the anon_vma refcount to be 0 when the object is
> free. It does this by adding 1 ref to being in use in the anon_vma
> structure (iow. the anon_vma->head list is not empty).
>
> This allows a simpler release scheme without having to check both the
> refcount and the list as well as avoids taking a ref for each entry
> on the list.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>



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