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SubjectRe: [PATCH] proc: pagemap: Hold mmap_sem during page walk
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> So there is a very real reason for that pattern existing. It's just that 
> that reason has nothing to do with locking the thing into the page tables.
> That is absolutely NOT guaranteed by the get_user_pages() physical page
> pinning (munmap() is an extreme example of this, but I think swapout will
> clear it too in try_to_unmap_one().

Right. To increment page->count only affect vmscan to prevent free page.
Not prevent pageout I/O nor page unmapping from a process.

Thanks.




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