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From: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
To: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@gmail.com>
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>,
	Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@hp.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] extend KSM refcounts to the anon_vma root
Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 10:09:00 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4BFE7CFC.4060706@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100527140212.GE2112@barrios-desktop>

On 05/27/2010 10:02 AM, Minchan Kim wrote:

> Hmm, I can understand this point.
> Now, rmap code always depeneds on root anon_vma's lock.
> I think it doesn't depends on KSM and MIGRATION.
>
> If we don't use KSM and MIGRATION and it is compiled out,
> Can root's anon_vma disappear during rmap walking?
> who prevent it?
>
> What am I missing?

unlink_anon_vmas walks the list in the order from newest
to oldest, ie. the root always gets unlinked (and potentially
freed) last.

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  reply	other threads:[~2010-05-27 14:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-05-26 19:38 [PATCH -v3 0/5] always lock the root anon_vma Rik van Riel
2010-05-26 19:38 ` [PATCH 1/5] rename anon_vma_lock to vma_lock_anon_vma Rik van Riel
2010-05-26 20:33   ` Larry Woodman
2010-05-27 13:44   ` Minchan Kim
2010-05-26 19:39 ` [PATCH 2/5] change direct call of spin_lock(anon_vma->lock) to inline function Rik van Riel
2010-05-26 20:33   ` Larry Woodman
2010-05-27 13:46   ` Minchan Kim
2010-06-01 22:04   ` Andrew Morton
2010-06-02  8:27     ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-05-26 19:40 ` [PATCH 3/5] track the root (oldest) anon_vma Rik van Riel
2010-05-26 20:34   ` Larry Woodman
2010-05-27 13:48   ` Minchan Kim
2010-05-26 19:40 ` [PATCH 4/5] always lock " Rik van Riel
2010-05-26 20:36   ` Larry Woodman
2010-05-27  0:57   ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-05-27 13:55   ` Minchan Kim
2010-05-27 17:48   ` Mel Gorman
2010-05-26 19:41 ` [PATCH 5/5] extend KSM refcounts to the anon_vma root Rik van Riel
2010-05-26 20:47   ` Larry Woodman
2010-05-27 14:02   ` Minchan Kim
2010-05-27 14:09     ` Rik van Riel [this message]
2010-05-27 14:31   ` Minchan Kim
2010-05-27 17:50   ` Mel Gorman
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2010-05-12 17:38 [PATCH 0/5] always lock the root anon_vma Rik van Riel
2010-05-12 17:40 ` [PATCH 4/5] always lock the root (oldest) anon_vma Rik van Riel
2010-05-12 21:02   ` Mel Gorman
2010-05-12 21:08     ` Rik van Riel
2010-05-13  9:54       ` Mel Gorman
2010-05-13 14:33         ` [PATCH -v2 " Rik van Riel
2010-05-13 21:09           ` Andrew Morton
2010-05-26  4:00             ` Rik van Riel
2010-05-26 15:24               ` [PATCH -v2 0/5] always lock the root anon_vma Rik van Riel
2010-05-26 15:27                 ` [PATCH 5/5] extend KSM refcounts to the anon_vma root Rik van Riel
2010-05-12 17:41 ` Rik van Riel
2010-05-12 21:07   ` Mel Gorman
2010-05-12 21:09     ` Rik van Riel
2010-05-13 11:26       ` Mel Gorman
2010-05-13 13:11         ` Rik van Riel
2010-05-13 13:24           ` Mel Gorman

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