linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][VER 4] mspec: handle shrinking virtual memory areas

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Message-Id: <20070920141740.aaa4d1d4.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:17:40 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	cpw@....com (Cliff Wickman)
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][VER 4] mspec: handle shrinking virtual memory areas

On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:33:34 -0500
cpw@....com (Cliff Wickman) wrote:

> Stress testing revealed the need for more revision.
> This is a revision of Andrew's mspec-handle-shrinking-virtual-memory-areas.patch
> 
> Version 4: clear/release fetchop pages only when vma_data is no longer shared
> 
> Version 3: single thread the clearing of vma_data maddr[]
> Version 2: refcount maintained as atomic_t (as before the version 1 patch)
> 

Boy am I getting tired of this patch :(

Version #3943 was just merged into mainline, so can you please prepare
a diff against Linus's tree for #3944?

Ta.
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