Thread (3 messages) 3 messages, 2 authors, 2011-08-20

Re: what protects page lru list?

From: Johannes Weiner <hidden>
Date: 2011-08-20 13:27:07

On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 02:11:53AM +0530, Rajesh Ghanekar wrote:
Hi,
   I am confused with what protects page->lru? Is it both zone->lru_lock or
zone->lock? I can see it being protected either by lru_lock or lock.
It's not so much about page->lru but the actual list the page is
linked to.

The zone's lists of unallocated pages are protected by zone->lock,
while the LRU lists with the pages for userspace are protected by
zone->lru_lock.

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