linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] mm: Simplify anon

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Message-ID: <20110309163806.GE19206@csn.ul.ie>
Date:	Wed, 9 Mar 2011 16:38:06 +0000
From:	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...nel.dk>,
	Paul McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Yanmin Zhang <yanmin_zhang@...ux.intel.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] mm: Simplify anon_vma refcounts

On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 02:44:43PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Subject: mm: Simplify anon_vma refcounts
> From: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
> Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 15:38:49 +0100
> 
> This patch changes the anon_vma refcount to be 0 when the object is
> free. It does this by adding 1 ref to being in use in the anon_vma
> structure (iow. the anon_vma->head list is not empty).
> 
> This allows a simpler release scheme without having to check both the
> refcount and the list as well as avoids taking a ref for each entry
> on the list.
> 
> Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
> Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>

Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>

-- 
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs
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