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SubjectRe: [PATCH v11 01/26] mm: introduce CONFIG_SPECULATIVE_PAGE_FAULT
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On 05/17/2018 10:19 AM, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 09:36:00AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>> + If the speculative page fault fails because of a concurrency is
>>
>> because a concurrency is
>
> While one can use concurrency as a noun, it sounds archaic to me. I'd
> rather:
>
> If the speculative page fault fails because a concurrent modification
> is detected or because underlying PMD or PTE tables are not yet

Yeah, OK.

>>> + detected or because underlying PMD or PTE tables are not yet
>>> + allocating, it is failing its processing and a classic page fault
>>
>> allocated, the speculative page fault fails and a classic page fault
>>
>>> + is then tried.


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~Randy

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