linux-kernel - [PATCH 0 of 9] mmu notifier #v12

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Date:	Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:44:03 +0200
From:	Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@...ranet.com>
To:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>,
	Steve Wise <swise@...ngridcomputing.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Kanoj Sarcar <kanojsarcar@...oo.com>,
	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>,
	Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>, kvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Robin Holt <holt@....com>, general@...ts.openfabrics.org,
	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>
Subject: [PATCH 0 of 9] mmu notifier #v12

The difference with #v11 is a different implementation of mm_lock that
guarantees handling signals in O(N). It's also more lowlatency friendly. 

Note that mmu_notifier_unregister may also fail with -EINTR if there are
signal pending or the system runs out of vmalloc space or physical memory,
only exit_mmap guarantees that any kernel module can be unloaded in presence
of an oom condition.

Either #v11 or the first three #v12 1,2,3 patches are suitable for inclusion
in -mm, pick what you prefer looking at the mmu_notifier_register retval and
mm_lock retval difference, I implemented and slighty tested both. GRU and KVM
only needs 1,2,3, XPMEM needs the rest of the patchset too (4, ...) but all
patches from 4 to the end can be deffered to a second merge window.
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