Re: Does shmem_getpage==>shmem_alloc_page==>alloc_page_vma holdmmap_sem?

[Paul Jackson]

Hugh wrote:
> It's safe but horrid.

Ok - thanks for the explanation.

Now I don't feel so bad about some of my cpuset locking hacks.

(Yes, Andrew, I'm still looking at my latest hack, 
the down_write_trylock() call in cpuset.c refresh_mems.)

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