Re: [PATCH 3/3] mm: Simplify anon_vma refcounts

From: Rik van Riel
Date: Fri Feb 18 2011 - 09:48:54 EST


On 02/18/2011 08:44 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
Subject: mm: Simplify anon_vma refcounts
From: Peter Zijlstra<a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 15:38:49 +0100

This patch changes the anon_vma refcount to be 0 when the object is
free. It does this by adding 1 ref to being in use in the anon_vma
structure (iow. the anon_vma->head list is not empty).

This allows a simpler release scheme without having to check both the
refcount and the list as well as avoids taking a ref for each entry
on the list.

Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki<kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Hugh Dickins<hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra<a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
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