Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v5 01/10] mmap locking API: initial implementation as rwsem wrappers | From | Vlastimil Babka <> | Date | Mon, 18 May 2020 11:28:08 +0200 |
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On 4/22/20 2:14 AM, Michel Lespinasse wrote: > This change wraps the existing mmap_sem related rwsem calls into a new > mmap locking API. There are two justifications for the new API: > > - At first, it provides an easy hooking point to instrument mmap_sem > locking latencies independently of any other rwsems. > > - In the future, it may be a starting point for replacing the rwsem > implementation with a different one, such as range locks. > > Signed-off-by: Michel Lespinasse <walken@google.com> > Reviewed-by: Daniel Jordan <daniel.m.jordan@oracle.com> > Reviewed-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
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