Re: [PATCH 2/3] mm/mlock: prepare params outside critical region
From: walken
Date: Wed Oct 23 2013 - 05:34:05 EST
On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 05:50:37PM -0700, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> All mlock related syscalls prepare lock limits, lengths and
> start parameters with the mmap_sem held. Move this logic
> outside of the critical region. For the case of mlock, continue
> incrementing the amount already locked by mm->locked_vm with
> the rwsem taken.
>
> Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Michel Lespinasse <walken@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Michel Lespinasse <walken@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Michel "Walken" Lespinasse
A program is never fully debugged until the last user dies.
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