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SubjectRe: [PATCH -v2] rmap: make anon_vma_prepare link in all the anon_vmas of a mergeable VMA
On 04/12/2010 12:01 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> @@ -864,15 +889,8 @@ void page_remove_rmap(struct page *page)
> __dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_MAPPED);
> mem_cgroup_update_file_mapped(page, -1);
> }
> - /*
> - * It would be tidy to reset the PageAnon mapping here,
> - * but that might overwrite a racing page_add_anon_rmap
> - * which increments mapcount after us but sets mapping
> - * before us: so leave the reset to free_hot_cold_page,
> - * and remember that it's only reliable while mapped.
> - * Leaving it set also helps swapoff to reinstate ptes
> - * faster for those pages still in swapcache.
> - */
> +
> + page->mapping = NULL;
> }

That would be a bug for file pages :)

I could see how it could work for anonymous memory, though.


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