Re: [RFC PATCH 1/8] mm, vmalloc: change iterating a vmlist to find_vm_area()

[JoonSoo Kim]

Hello, Pekka.

2012/12/7 Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 6:09 PM, Joonsoo Kim <js1304@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> The purpose of iterating a vmlist is finding vm area with specific
>> virtual address. find_vm_area() is provided for this purpose
>> and more efficient, because it uses a rbtree.
>> So change it.
>
> You no longer take the 'vmlist_lock'. This is safe, because...?

As Bob mentioned, find_vm_area() hold a 'vmap_area_lock' during
searching a area.
When we hold a 'vmap_area_lock', area can't be removed.
So this change is safe.

Thanks.
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