(2013/04/01 8:45), Minchan Kim wrote: > __do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page depends on page_add_new_anon_rmap's > spinlock for making sure that clear_huge_page write become visible > after set set_pmd_at() write. > > But lru_cache_add_lru uses pagevec so it could miss spinlock > easily so above rule was broken so user may see inconsistent data. > This patch fixes it with using explict barrier rather than depending > on lru spinlock. >
Hmm...how about do_anonymous_page() ? there are no comments/locks/barriers. Users can see non-zero value after page fault in theory ? Thanks, -Kame -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
