Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] mm/khugepaged: release contended mmap read lock after scanning enough VMAs

From: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)

Date: Fri Nov 06 2026 - 07:34:36 EST


On Fri, Nov 06, 2026 at 12:07:53PM +0000, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote:
> On reflection, I think this would be better implemented as something like:
>
> static void collapse_scan_mm_slot(unsigned int progress_max, ...)
> {
> unsigned int long lock_start = jiffies;

The rare unsigned int long type, rarely deployed but super effective when it is
:P

(sorry losing my mind, should be an unsigned long)

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Cheers, Lorenzo