Re: [RFT][PATCH 0/2] pagefault scalability alternative

Christoph Lameter wrote:

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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.

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