Re: [PATCH 03 of 11] invalidate_page outside PT lock

From: Rik van Riel
Date: Wed May 07 2008 - 13:41:56 EST


On Wed, 07 May 2008 16:35:53 +0200
Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> # HG changeset patch
> # User Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> # Date 1210115129 -7200
> # Node ID d60d200565abde6a8ed45271e53cde9c5c75b426
> # Parent c5badbefeee07518d9d1acca13e94c981420317c
> invalidate_page outside PT lock
>
> Moves all mmu notifier methods outside the PT lock (first and not last
> step to make them sleep capable).

This patch appears to undo some of the changes made by patch 01/11.

Would it be an idea to merge them into one, so the first patch
introduces the right conventions directly?

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