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* [RFC][PATCH 2/5] add new exported function replace_page()
@ 2008-01-21 16:10 Izik Eidus
  2008-01-23 18:04 ` [kvm-devel] " Rik van Riel
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Izik Eidus @ 2008-01-21 16:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: kvm-devel, andrea, avi, dor.laor, linux-mm, yaniv

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* Re: [kvm-devel] [RFC][PATCH 2/5] add new exported function replace_page()
  2008-01-21 16:10 [RFC][PATCH 2/5] add new exported function replace_page() Izik Eidus
@ 2008-01-23 18:04 ` Rik van Riel
  2008-01-23 18:13   ` Izik Eidus
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Rik van Riel @ 2008-01-23 18:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Izik Eidus; +Cc: kvm-devel, andrea, avi, dor.laor, linux-mm, yaniv

On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:10:50 +0200
Izik Eidus <izike@qumranet.com> wrote:

> 

What prevents another CPU from freeing newpage while we run through
the start of replace_page() ?

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* Re: [kvm-devel] [RFC][PATCH 2/5] add new exported function replace_page()
  2008-01-23 18:04 ` [kvm-devel] " Rik van Riel
@ 2008-01-23 18:13   ` Izik Eidus
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Izik Eidus @ 2008-01-23 18:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Rik van Riel; +Cc: kvm-devel, andrea, avi, dor.laor, linux-mm, yaniv

Rik van Riel wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:10:50 +0200
> Izik Eidus <izike@qumranet.com> wrote:
>
>   
>
> What prevents another CPU from freeing newpage while we run through
> the start of replace_page() ?
>
>   
before calling to replace_page one have to call to get_page() and to do 
put_page() after it finished
this what i am doing in ksm.c

should i do it in diffrent way?

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