On 03/15/2014 06:47 AM, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote: > From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > We have generic code like the one in get_futex_key that assume that > a local_irq_disable prevents a parallel THP split. Support that by > adding a dummy smp call function after setting _PAGE_SPLITTING. Code > paths like get_user_pages_fast still need to check for _PAGE_SPLITTING > after disabling IRQ which indicate that a parallel THP splitting is > ongoing. Now if they don't find _PAGE_SPLITTING set, then we can be > sure that parallel split will now block in pmdp_splitting flush > until we enables IRQ > > Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx> -- All rights reversed -- 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>