linux-kernel - Re: [tip:numa/core] sched/numa/mm: Improve migration

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Date:	Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:38:39 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
To:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Cc:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	hpa@...or.com, mingo@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mgorman@...e.de, tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [tip:numa/core] sched/numa/mm: Improve migration

On Fri, 2012-10-19 at 09:51 -0400, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> Right now, unlike the traditional migration path, this breaks COW for
> every migration, but maybe you don't care about shared pages in the
> first place.  And fixing that should be nothing more than grabbing the
> anon_vma lock and using rmap to switch more than one pmd over, right?
> 

This patch was very much about getting _something_ rather than caring
(too much) about all the weird corner cases.

And yes, your suggestion sounds about right.
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