Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 5 Feb 2000 12:07:20 -0800 | From | Richard Henderson <> | Subject | Re: 2.3.42 alpha updates |
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On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 05:08:21PM -0800, David S. Miller wrote: > Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 11:56:09 -0800 > From: Richard Henderson <rth@cygnus.com> > > attached to try_to_swap_out, so that's probably enough not to > call schedule, but I don't see any such spinlock held. Moreover, > the comment would seem to indicate it _is_ legal to sleep, so > long as you indicate that it happened. > > No, mm->page_table_lock is held here, and in the vast majority > of TLB/CACHE flushing calls. In fact Linus and I agreed ...
Then I would appreciate it if someone clarified the commentary.
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