linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/8] v3 Allow memory_block to span multiple memory sections

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Date:	Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:36:52 -0700
From:	Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Nathan Fontenot <nfont@...tin.ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	greg@...ah.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/8] v3 Allow memory_block to span multiple memory
 sections

On Fri, 2010-07-23 at 22:09 -0500, Nathan Fontenot wrote:
> If we add a lock should I submit it as part of this patchset? or
> submit it
> as a follow-on?

It should probably be at the beginning of the patch set.  We don't want
to have a case where your set introduces races that we _need_ a later
patch to fix.

-- Dave

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