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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:06:32 +0900 From: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com> To: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com> Cc: linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> Subject: Re: [BUG] rmap: fix page_address_in_vma() to walk through anon_vma_chain > However, for anonymous pages, page_address_in_vma only > ever determined whether the page _could_ be part of the > VMA, never whether it actually was. > > The function page_address_in_vma has always given > false positives, which means all of the callers already > check that the page is actually part of the process. I see. > This means we may be able to get away with not verifying > the anon_vma at all. After all, verifying that the VMA > has the anon_vma mapped does not mean the VMA has this > page... > > Doing away with that check gets rid of your locking > conundrum :) I get it, thank you :) I'll rewrite fix patch based on your comments. Thanks, Naoya Horiguchi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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