From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:34:02 +0200 From: Nick Piggin Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] lru_add_drain_all() don't use schedule_on_each_cpu() Message-ID: <20081024053402.GA11725@wotan.suse.de> References: <20081024135149.9C46.KOSAKI.MOTOHIRO@jp.fujitsu.com> <20081024045547.GA24555@wotan.suse.de> <20081024140723.9C49.KOSAKI.MOTOHIRO@jp.fujitsu.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081024140723.9C49.KOSAKI.MOTOHIRO@jp.fujitsu.com> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: KOSAKI Motohiro Cc: Heiko Carstens , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Hugh Dickins , Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds , Rik van Riel , Lee Schermerhorn , linux-mm@kvack.org, Christoph Lameter List-ID: On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 02:29:18PM +0900, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote: > > > > I don't see a better way to solve it, other than avoiding lru_add_drain_all > > > > > > Well, > > > > > > Unfortunately, lru_add_drain_all is also used some other VM place > > > (page migration and memory hotplug). > > > and page migration's usage is the same of this mlock usage. > > > (1. grab mmap_sem 2. call lru_add_drain_all) > > > > > > Then, change mlock usage isn't solution ;-) > > > > No, not mlock alone. > > Ah, I see. > It seems difficult but valuable. I'll think this way for a while. Well, I think it would be nice if we can reduce lru_add_drain_all, however your patch might be the least intrusive and best short term solution. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org