linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] hugepage: Protect region tracking lists with its own spinlock

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Message-ID: <20110125194305.GA3041@mgebm.net>
Date:	Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:43:05 -0700
From:	Eric B Munson <emunson@...bm.net>
To:	Anton Blanchard <anton@...ba.org>
Cc:	dwg@....ibm.com, mel@....ul.ie, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	hughd@...gle.com, linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] hugepage: Protect region tracking lists with its
 own spinlock

On Tue, 25 Jan 2011, Anton Blanchard wrote:

> 
> In preparation for creating a hash of spinlocks to replace the global
> hugetlb_instantiation_mutex, protect the region tracking code with
> its own spinlock.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@...ba.org> 

Reviewed-by: Eric B Munson <emunson@...bm.net>

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