Re: [PATCH 43 of 66] don't leave orhpaned swap cache after ksm merging

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On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 11:49:30PM -0800, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> We did ask you back then to send in a fix separate from THP, but both
> sides then forgot about it until recently.

Correct :).

> We didn't agree on what the fix should look like.  You're keen to change
> the page locking there, I didn't make a persuasive case for keeping it
> as is, yet I can see no point whatever in changing it for this swap fix.
> Could I persuade you to approve this simpler alternative?

Sure your version will work fine too. I insisted in removing the page
lock around replace_page because I didn't see the point of it and I
like strict code, but keeping it can do no harm.

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