Re: vmlist_lock locking

2006-12-12 Thread Jarek Poplawski
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Re: vmlist_lock locking

2006-12-07 Thread Eric Dumazet
kernel list a écrit : My understanding is that get_vm_area_node etc. can't be called in interrupt context because vmlist_lock is obtained with read_lock / write_lock. I am wondering if it makes sense to use read_lock_bh / write_lock_bh so that get_vm_area_node can be called in soft interrupt cont

vmlist_lock locking

2006-12-07 Thread kernel list
My understanding is that get_vm_area_node etc. can't be called in interrupt context because vmlist_lock is obtained with read_lock / write_lock. I am wondering if it makes sense to use read_lock_bh / write_lock_bh so that get_vm_area_node can be called in soft interrupt context. All the code execu