Re: [patch 3/3] mm: PageActive no testset

[Nick Piggin]

On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 02:52:22PM -0200, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 03:50:08PM +0100, Nick Piggin wrote:
> 
> > The test-set / test-clear operations also kind of imply that it is
> > being used for locking or without other synchronisation (usually).
> 
> Non-atomic versions such as __ClearPageLRU()/__ClearPageActive() are 
> not usable, though.
> 

Correct. Although I was able to use them in a couple of other places
in a subsequent patch in the series. I trust you don't see a problem
with those usages?

Thanks,
Nick

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