From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <462D91EA.7030003@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:13:14 -0400 From: Rik van Riel MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH] lazy freeing of memory through MADV_FREE References: <46247427.6000902@redhat.com> <20070420135715.f6e8e091.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <462932BE.4020005@redhat.com> <20070420150618.179d31a4.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <4629524C.5040302@redhat.com> <462ACA40.8070407@yahoo.com.au> <462B0156.9020407@redhat.com> <462BFAF3.4040509@yahoo.com.au> <462C2DC7.5070709@redhat.com> <462C2F33.8090508@redhat.com> <462C7A6F.9030905@redhat.com> <462C88B1.8080906@yahoo.com.au> <462C8B0A.8060801@redhat.com> <462C8BFF.2050405@yahoo.com.au> <462C8E1D.8000706@redhat.com> <462D5A2E.5060908@yahoo.com.au> <462D643C.5020709@redhat.com> <17965.35482.107374.228339@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> In-Reply-To: <17965.35482.107374.228339@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Paul Mackerras Cc: Nick Piggin , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel , linux-mm , shak , jakub@redhat.com, drepper@redhat.com List-ID: Paul Mackerras wrote: > Rik van Riel writes: > >> I guess we'll need to call tlb_remove_tlb_entry() inside the >> MADV_FREE code to keep powerpc happy. > > I don't see why; once ptep_test_and_clear_young has returned, the > entry in the hash table has already been removed. OK, so this one won't be necessary. Good to know that. Andrew, it looks like things won't be that bad :) -- Politics is the struggle between those who want to make their country the best in the world, and those who believe it already is. Each group calls the other unpatriotic. -- 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