On Wed, 2011-02-23 at 15:12 -0800, Hugh Dickins wrote: > > In his [2/8] mm: remove i_mmap_mutex lockbreak patch, Peter says > "shouldn't hold up reclaim more than lock_page() would". But (apart > from a write error case) we always use trylock_page() in reclaim, we > never dare hold it up on a lock_page(). D'0h! I so missed that, ok fixed up the changelog. > So page reclaim would get > held up on truncation more than at present - though he's right to > point out that truncation will usually be freeing pages much faster. *phew* :-) -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href