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From: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>
To: Christoph Lameter <clameter@engr.sgi.com>
Cc: ak@suse.de, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Fold numa_maps into mempolicy.c
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 23:10:51 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20051115231051.5437e25b.pj@sgi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0511081524570.32262@schroedinger.engr.sgi.com>

Christoph wrote:
> + * Must hold mmap_sem until memory pointer is no longer in use
> + * or be called from the current task.
> + */
> +struct mempolicy *get_vma_policy(struct task_struct *task,

Twenty (well, four) questions time.

Hmmm ... is that true - that get_vma_policy() can be called for the
current task w/o holding mmap_sem?

Is there any call to get_vma_policy() made that isn't holding mmap_sem?

Except for /proc output, is there any call to get_vma_policy made on any
task other than current?

What does "until memory pointer is no longer in use" mean?

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  reply	other threads:[~2005-11-16  7:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-11-08 23:24 [PATCH 1/2] private pointer in check_range and MPOL_MF_INVERT Christoph Lameter
2005-11-08 23:25 ` [PATCH 2/2] Fold numa_maps into mempolicy.c Christoph Lameter
2005-11-16  7:10   ` Paul Jackson [this message]
2005-11-16  8:36     ` Andi Kleen
2005-11-16 18:54       ` Christoph Lameter
2005-11-16 19:43         ` Paul Jackson
2005-11-16 18:21     ` Christoph Lameter

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