linux-kernel - Re: [patch] my mmu notifiers

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0802271450030.13186@schroedinger.engr.sgi.com>
Date:	Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:50:50 -0800 (PST)
From:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
To:	Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>
cc:	Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@...ranet.com>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Robin Holt <holt@....com>, Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>,
	Izik Eidus <izike@...ranet.com>,
	kvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	general@...ts.openfabrics.org,
	Steve Wise <swise@...ngridcomputing.com>,
	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>,
	Kanoj Sarcar <kanojsarcar@...oo.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	daniel.blueman@...drics.com
Subject: Re: [patch] my mmu notifiers

On Tue, 19 Feb 2008, Jack Steiner wrote:

> In general, though, I agree. Most users of mmu_notifiers would likely
> required a mutex or something equivalent.

The skeletons shows how to do most of it using a spinlock and a 
counter.

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