Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Thu, 03 Apr 2003 10:39:37 -0600 | From | Dave McCracken <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.5.66-mm2] Fix page_convert_anon locking issues |
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--On Thursday, April 03, 2003 17:33:31 +0100 Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> wrote:
> No: see the various checks on page_count(page) in vmscan.c: > though page_convert_anon temporarily leaves a page with neither > mapcount nor the right number of pte pointers, page_count is unaffected.
Oh, hmm... Ok, so it's safe... This could have some interesting implications all around.
Dave
====================================================================== Dave McCracken IBM Linux Base Kernel Team 1-512-838-3059 dmccr@us.ibm.com T/L 678-3059
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