Re: [PATCH 2.5.66-mm2] Fix page_convert_anon locking issues

Dave McCracken (dmccr@us.ibm.com)
Thu, 03 Apr 2003 15:01:53 -0600

--On Thursday, April 03, 2003 12:56:34 -0800 Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com>
wrote:

> Complete bollocks. As long as the pte chains are consistent while
> refill_inactive_zone holds pte_chain_lock (they darn well should be),
> concurrent page_referenced() and page_convert_anon() is fine.

Good. You just saved me from having to butcher refill_inactive_zone :)

Dave

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