Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Sat, 14 Apr 2001 16:27:33 -0300 (BRST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: shmem_getpage_locked() / swapin_readahead() race in 2.4.4-pre3 |
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On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> There is a nasty race between shmem_getpage_locked() and > swapin_readahead() with the new shmem code (introduced in > 2.4.3-ac3 and merged in the main tree in 2.4.4-pre3):
> I don't see any clean fix for this one. > Suggestions ?
As we discussed with Alan on irc, we could remove the (physical) swapin_readahead() and get 2.4 stable. Once 2.4 is stable we could (if needed) introduce a virtual address based readahead strategy for swap-backed things ... most of that code has been ready for months thanks to Ben LaHaise.
A virtual-address based readahead not only makes much more sense from a performance POV, it also cleanly gets the ugly locking issues out of the way.
regards,
Rik -- Linux MM bugzilla: http://linux-mm.org/bugzilla.shtml
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