From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>,
Linux Memory Management <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, Jes Sorensen <jes@sgi.com>,
Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Subject: Re: [patch 4/5] mm: add vm_insert_pfn helpler
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 07:03:05 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1160427785.7752.19.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20061009140447.13840.20975.sendpatchset@linux.site>
> + vma->vm_flags |= VM_PFNMAP;
I wouldn't do that here. I would keep that to the caller (and set it
before setting the PTE along with a wmb maybe to make sure it's visible
before the PTE no ?)
Cheers,
Ben.
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From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>,
Linux Memory Management <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, Jes Sorensen <jes@sgi.com>,
Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Subject: Re: [patch 4/5] mm: add vm_insert_pfn helpler
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 07:03:05 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1160427785.7752.19.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20061009140447.13840.20975.sendpatchset@linux.site>
> + vma->vm_flags |= VM_PFNMAP;
I wouldn't do that here. I would keep that to the caller (and set it
before setting the PTE along with a wmb maybe to make sure it's visible
before the PTE no ?)
Cheers,
Ben.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-10-09 21:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 73+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-10-09 16:12 [rfc] 2.6.19-rc1-git5: consolidation of file backed fault handlers Nick Piggin
2006-10-09 16:12 ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-09 16:12 ` [patch 1/5] mm: fault vs invalidate/truncate check Nick Piggin
2006-10-09 16:12 ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-09 16:12 ` [patch 2/5] mm: fault vs invalidate/truncate race fix Nick Piggin
2006-10-09 16:12 ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-09 21:10 ` Mark Fasheh
2006-10-09 21:10 ` Mark Fasheh
2006-10-10 1:10 ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-10 1:10 ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-11 18:34 ` Mark Fasheh
2006-10-11 18:34 ` Mark Fasheh
2006-10-12 3:28 ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-12 3:28 ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-09 16:12 ` [patch 3/5] mm: fault handler to replace nopage and populate Nick Piggin
2006-10-09 16:12 ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-09 16:12 ` [patch 4/5] mm: add vm_insert_pfn helpler Nick Piggin
2006-10-09 16:12 ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-09 21:03 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt [this message]
2006-10-09 21:03 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-10-10 0:42 ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-10 0:42 ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-10 1:11 ` faults and signals Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-10-10 1:11 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-10-10 1:20 ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-10 1:20 ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-10 1:58 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-10-10 1:58 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-10-10 2:00 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-10-10 2:00 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-10-10 2:04 ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-10 2:04 ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-10 2:07 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-10-10 2:07 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-10-10 1:16 ` ptrace and pfn mappings Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-10-10 1:16 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-10-10 2:23 ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-10 2:23 ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-10 2:47 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-10-10 2:47 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-10-10 2:56 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-10-10 2:56 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-10-10 3:03 ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-10 3:03 ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-10 3:42 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-10-10 3:42 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-10-10 2:58 ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-10 2:58 ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-10 3:40 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-10-10 3:40 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-10-10 3:46 ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-10 3:46 ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-10 4:58 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-10-10 4:58 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-10-10 12:31 ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-10-10 12:31 ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-10-10 12:42 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-10-10 12:42 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-10-10 18:06 ` Hugh Dickins
2006-10-10 18:06 ` Hugh Dickins
2006-10-09 16:13 ` [patch 5/5] mm: merge nopfn with fault handler Nick Piggin
2006-10-09 16:13 ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-09 20:57 ` [rfc] 2.6.19-rc1-git5: consolidation of file backed fault handlers Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-10-09 20:57 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-10-09 21:00 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-10-09 21:00 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-10-10 0:53 ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-10 0:53 ` Nick Piggin
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-10-10 14:21 Nick Piggin
2006-10-10 14:22 ` [patch 4/5] mm: add vm_insert_pfn helpler Nick Piggin
2006-10-10 14:22 ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-11 10:12 ` Thomas Hellstrom
2006-10-11 11:24 ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-11 21:30 ` Thomas Hellström
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