Re: [PATCH 2/4] Add replace_page(), change the mapping of pte fromone page into another

[Christoph Lameter]

On Wed, 12 Nov 2008, Lee Schermerhorn wrote:

> Might want/need to check for migration entry in do_swap_page() and loop
> back to migration_entry_wait() call when the changed pte is detected
> rather than returning an error to the caller.
>
> Does that sound reasonable?

The reference count freezing and the rechecking of the pte in
do_swap_page() does not work? Nick broke it during lock removal for the
lockless page cache?


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