[PATCH][VER 4] mspec: handle shrinking virtual memory areas

2007-09-20 Thread Cliff Wickman
Stress testing revealed the need for (yet more) revision. sorry. This is a revision of Andrew's mspec-handle-shrinking-virtual-memory-areas.patch Version 4: clear/release fetchop pages only when vma_data is no longer shared The vma_data structure may be shared by vma's from multiple tasks, with

Re: [PATCH][VER 4] mspec: handle shrinking virtual memory areas

2007-09-20 Thread Andrew Morton
On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:33:34 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cliff Wickman) wrote: > Stress testing revealed the need for more revision. > This is a revision of Andrew's > mspec-handle-shrinking-virtual-memory-areas.patch > > Version 4: clear/release fetchop pages only when vma_data is no longer shared

[PATCH][VER 4] mspec: handle shrinking virtual memory areas

2007-09-20 Thread Cliff Wickman
Stress testing revealed the need for more revision. This is a revision of Andrew's mspec-handle-shrinking-virtual-memory-areas.patch Version 4: clear/release fetchop pages only when vma_data is no longer shared Version 3: single thread the clearing of vma_data maddr[] Version 2: refcount maintai