linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] revoke: misc fixes

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0703190859320.6597@sbz-30.cs.Helsinki.FI>
Date:	Mon, 19 Mar 2007 08:59:50 +0200 (EET)
From:	Pekka J Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>
cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] revoke: misc fixes

On Mon, 19 Mar 2007, Nick Piggin wrote:
> So you could just attempt a trylock, and if it works, then you
> could revoke the vma right then and there. OTOH, the patch you
> subsequently posted looks fine, so unless this is performance
> critical then I wouldn't bother ;)

The patch in -mm uses trylock.

			Pekka
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