Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 11 Nov 1999 15:45:52 +0000 (GMT) | From | Tigran Aivazian <> | Subject | vmlist locking |
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Hi,
Documentation/vm/locking says that to scan vmlist we can either use mmap_sem or vmlist_access_lock but both of these are process context specific. What if I want to scan vmlist regardless of any process, e.g. if I want to create segments in ELF /proc/kcore based on vmlist elements but want to make sure that nobody changes the list while I traverse it.
I could go through the process table and do vmlist_access_lock() on everybody's mm but surely there must be a better way...
Regards, Tigran.
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