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SubjectRe: [PATCH 01/11] mm,migration: Take a reference to the anon_vma before migrating
On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:41:17 +0000
Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> wrote:

> rmap_walk_anon() does not use page_lock_anon_vma() for looking up and
> locking an anon_vma and it does not appear to have sufficient locking to
> ensure the anon_vma does not disappear from under it.
>
> This patch copies an approach used by KSM to take a reference on the
> anon_vma while pages are being migrated. This should prevent rmap_walk()
> running into nasty surprises later because anon_vma has been freed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
> Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
> ---
> include/linux/rmap.h | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> mm/migrate.c | 12 ++++++++++++
> mm/rmap.c | 10 +++++-----
> 3 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>



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