Re: [PATCH 3/4] mm: replace rw_semaphore with atomic_t in vma_lock

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 10:35 AM Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 09:45:33AM -0800, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 1:57 AM Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, Dec 12, 2024 at 08:48:52PM -0800, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm not sure if this is the best way to deal with this circular
> > > > dependency. Any other ideas?
> > >
> > > Move the waiting into an out-of-line slow-path?
> > >
> > >   if (atomic_read(&vma->refcnt) != 2)
> > >     __vma_write_start_wait(mm, vma);
> >
> > The problem is not a function but the addition of struct rcuwait into
>
> Durr, in my brain that was a struct task_struct pointer, totally forgot
> we had a type there. Yeah, as Willy says, move it to compiler_types.h or
> somesuch.

Got it. Thank you both!





[Index of Archives]     [Linux ARM Kernel]     [Linux ARM]     [Linux Omap]     [Fedora ARM]     [IETF Annouce]     [Bugtraq]     [Linux OMAP]     [Linux MIPS]     [eCos]     [Asterisk Internet PBX]     [Linux API]

  Powered by Linux