Re: [PATCH] mm->rss is modified without page_table_lock held

[David S. Miller]

   Date:        Sat, 09 Dec 2000 11:25:09 +0100
   From: Roberto Fichera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

   Why we couldn't use atomic_inc(&mm->rss) here and below, avoiding to wrap
   the inc with a spin_lock()/spin_unlock() ?

atomic_t does not guarentee a large enough range necessary for mm->rss

Later,
David S. Miller
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