On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 05:04:03PM +0000, Al Viro wrote: > Moreover, I'm not quite convinced that huge_memory.c and ksm.c can't run > into all kinds of interesting races with ongoing coredump. Looking into > it... Specifically, is collapse_huge_page() safe in parallel with ->core_dump()? It *can* run while we are in the middle of e.g. elf_core_dump(). -- 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/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>