On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 07:20:52PM +0300, Oren Twaig wrote: > >What's the point to use vmalloc() in this case? > I've noticed that some lock/s are using linear addresses which are > located at 0xffffc901922b4500 and from what I understand > from mm.txt (kernel 3.0.101): > *ffffc90000000000 - ffffe8ffffffffff (=45 bits) vmalloc/ioremap space > > *So I'm not sure who/how/why this lock got allocated there, but obviously > it is using that linear set. No ? It would be nice to know what lock it was, but nothing is inherently wrong with lock in vmalloc space. -- Kirill A. Shutemov -- 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>