From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <4310E4E7.1040800@argo.co.il> Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 01:10:47 +0300 From: Avi Kivity MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [RFT][PATCH 0/2] pagefault scalability alternative References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Christoph Lameter Cc: Hugh Dickins , Nick Piggin , Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: Christoph Lameter wrote: >>A spinlock per page table, not a spinlock per page table entry. >> >> > >Thats a spinlock per pmd? Calling it per page table is a bit confusing >since page table may refer to the whole tree. Could you develop >a clearer way of referring to these locks that is not page_table_lock or >ptl? > > I've heard the term "paging element" used to describe the p*t's. -- Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic. -- 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