linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] mm, highmem: remove useless pool

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Date:	Mon, 29 Oct 2012 10:52:59 +0900
From:	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
To:	Joonsoo Kim <js1304@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] mm, highmem: remove useless pool_lock

On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 04:12:53AM +0900, Joonsoo Kim wrote:
> The pool_lock protects the page_address_pool from concurrent access.
> But, access to the page_address_pool is already protected by kmap_lock.
> So remove it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <js1304@...il.com>
Reviewed-by: Minchan Kin <minchan@...nel.org>

Looks good to me.
Just a nitpick.

Please write comment about locking rule like below.

> 
> diff --git a/mm/highmem.c b/mm/highmem.c
> index b3b3d68..017bad1 100644
> --- a/mm/highmem.c
> +++ b/mm/highmem.c
> @@ -328,7 +328,6 @@ struct page_address_map {
>   * page_address_map freelist, allocated from page_address_maps.
>   */

/* page_address_pool is protected by kmap_lock */

>  static struct list_head page_address_pool;	/* freelist */
> -static spinlock_t pool_lock;			/* protects page_address_pool */
>  

-- 
Kind regards,
Minchan Kim
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