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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] mm,migration: Avoid race between shift_arg_pages() and rmap_walk() during migration by not migrating temporary stacks
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 10:56:00AM -0500, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> On Tue, 11 May 2010, Mel Gorman wrote:
>
> > Or just identify the temporary stack from the migration side instead of
> > adding to the cost of exec?
>
> Adding one off checks to a generic mechanism isnt really clean
> programming. Using the provided means of disabling a generic mechanism is.
>

Andrea's solution is likely lighter than yours as it is one kmalloc and
an insertion into the VM as opposed to a page table walk with reference
counting. Better yet, it exists as a patch that has been tested and it
fits in with the generic mechanism by guaranteeing that rmap_walk finds
all the migration PTEs during the second walk.

The problem remains the same - that class of solution increases the cost of
a common operation (exec) to keep a much less operation (migration) happy.

--
Mel Gorman
Part-time Phd Student Linux Technology Center
University of Limerick IBM Dublin Software Lab


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