Thread (11 messages) 11 messages, 4 authors, 2011-09-29

Re: [PATCH] vmscan: add barrier to prevent evictable page in unevictable list

From: Minchan Kim <hidden>
Date: 2011-09-28 18:05:12
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On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 11:04:05PM +0800, Lin Ming wrote:
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 9:45 AM, Minchan Kim [off-list ref] wrote:
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When racing between putback_lru_page and shmem_unlock happens,
s/shmem_unlock/shmem_lock/
I did it intentionally for represent shmem_lock with user = 1, lock = 0.
If you think it makes others confusing, I will change in next version.
Thanks.
quoted
progrom execution order is as follows, but clear_bit in processor #1
could be reordered right before spin_unlock of processor #1.
Then, the page would be stranded on the unevictable list.
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Kind regards,
Minchan Kim

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