linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 19/25] lmb: Add array resizing support

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Date:	Tue, 11 May 2010 10:54:11 -0700
From:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
To:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	tglx@...uxtronix.de, mingo@...e.hu, davem@...emloft.net,
	lethal@...ux-sh.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 19/25] lmb: Add array resizing support

On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 9:56 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt
<benh@...nel.crashing.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-05-10 at 16:59 -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote:
>> you need to pass base, base+size with lmb_double_array()
>>
>> otherwise when you are using lmb_reserve(base, size), double_array()
>> array could have chance to get
>> new buffer that is overlapped with [base, base + size).
>>
>> to keep it simple, should check_double_array() after lmb_reserve,
>> lmb_add, lmb_free (yes, that need it too).
>> that was suggested by Michael Ellerman.
>>
>
> No. You may notice that I addressed this problem by moving the
> call to lmb_double_array() to -after- we record the entry in
> the array, so it shouldn't be able to pickup the same one.

oh, you are right.
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