On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:01:10 +0100, Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 09:04:31PM +0100, Michal Nazarewicz wrote:>On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 01:39:05PM +0100, Marek Szyprowski wrote: >>From: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@xxxxxxxxxx> >>+ /* Make sure all pages are isolated. */ >>+ if (!ret) { >>+ lru_add_drain_all(); >>+ drain_all_pages(); >>+ if (WARN_ON(test_pages_isolated(start, end))) >>+ ret = -EBUSY; >>+ } On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:16:13 +0100, Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >Another global IPI seems overkill. Drain pages only from the local CPU >(drain_pages(get_cpu()); put_cpu()) and test if the pages are isolated. Is get_cpu() + put_cpu() required? Won't drain_local_pages() work?drain_local_pages() calls smp_processor_id() without preemption disabled.
Thanks, I wasn't sure if preemption is an issue. -- Best regards, _ _ .o. | Liege of Serenely Enlightened Majesty of o' \,=./ `o ..o | Computer Science, Michał “mina86” Nazarewicz (o o) ooo +----<email/xmpp: mpn@xxxxxxxxxx>--------------ooO--(_)--Ooo-- -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. 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