From: "Dave Airlie" <airlied@gmail.com>
To: "Nick Piggin" <npiggin@suse.de>
Cc: "Linux Memory Management" <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
"Andrew Morton" <akpm@osdl.org>,
"Linux Kernel" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"Benjamin Herrenschmidt" <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 0/6] fault vs truncate/invalidate race fix
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:36:03 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <21d7e9970702262036h3575229ex3bf3cd4474a57068@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070221023656.6306.246.sendpatchset@linux.site>
>
> I've also got rid of the horrible populate API, and integrated nonlinear pages
> properly with the page fault path.
>
> Downside is that this adds one more vector through which the buffered write
> deadlock can occur. However this is just a very tiny one (pte being unmapped
> for reclaim), compared to all the other ways that deadlock can occur (unmap,
> reclaim, truncate, invalidate). I doubt it will be noticable. At any rate, it
> is better than data corruption.
>
> I hope these can get merged (at least into -mm) soon.
Have these been put into mm? can I expect them in the next -mm so I
can start merging up the drm memory manager code to my -mm tree..
Dave.
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: "Dave Airlie" <airlied@gmail.com>
To: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
Cc: Linux Memory Management <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 0/6] fault vs truncate/invalidate race fix
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:36:03 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <21d7e9970702262036h3575229ex3bf3cd4474a57068@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070221023656.6306.246.sendpatchset@linux.site>
>
> I've also got rid of the horrible populate API, and integrated nonlinear pages
> properly with the page fault path.
>
> Downside is that this adds one more vector through which the buffered write
> deadlock can occur. However this is just a very tiny one (pte being unmapped
> for reclaim), compared to all the other ways that deadlock can occur (unmap,
> reclaim, truncate, invalidate). I doubt it will be noticable. At any rate, it
> is better than data corruption.
>
> I hope these can get merged (at least into -mm) soon.
Have these been put into mm? can I expect them in the next -mm so I
can start merging up the drm memory manager code to my -mm tree..
Dave.
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Thread overview: 198+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-02-21 4:49 [patch 0/6] fault vs truncate/invalidate race fix Nick Piggin
2007-02-21 4:49 ` Nick Piggin
2007-02-21 4:49 ` [patch 1/6] mm: debug check for the fault vs invalidate race Nick Piggin
2007-02-21 4:49 ` Nick Piggin
2007-02-21 4:49 ` [patch 2/6] mm: simplify filemap_nopage Nick Piggin
2007-02-21 4:49 ` Nick Piggin
2007-02-21 4:50 ` [patch 3/6] mm: fix fault vs invalidate race for linear mappings Nick Piggin
2007-02-21 4:50 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 6:36 ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-07 6:36 ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-07 6:57 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 6:57 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 7:08 ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-07 7:08 ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-07 7:25 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 7:25 ` Nick Piggin
2007-02-21 4:50 ` [patch 4/6] mm: merge populate and nopage into fault (fixes nonlinear) Nick Piggin
2007-02-21 4:50 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 6:51 ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-07 6:51 ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-07 7:08 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 7:08 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 8:19 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 8:19 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 8:27 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-03-07 8:27 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-03-07 8:35 ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-07 8:35 ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-07 8:53 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-03-07 8:53 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-03-07 9:28 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 9:28 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 9:44 ` Bill Irwin
2007-03-07 9:44 ` Bill Irwin
2007-03-07 9:49 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 9:49 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 10:02 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 10:02 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-12 23:01 ` Blaisorblade
2007-03-12 23:01 ` Blaisorblade
2007-03-13 1:19 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-13 1:19 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-17 12:17 ` Blaisorblade
2007-03-17 12:17 ` Blaisorblade
2007-03-18 2:50 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-18 2:50 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-18 13:09 ` Jeff Dike
2007-03-18 13:09 ` Jeff Dike
2007-03-19 12:04 ` Bill Irwin
2007-03-19 12:04 ` Bill Irwin
2007-03-19 20:44 ` Blaisorblade
2007-03-19 20:44 ` Blaisorblade
2007-03-20 6:00 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-20 6:00 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-21 19:45 ` Blaisorblade
2007-03-21 19:45 ` Blaisorblade
2007-03-08 12:39 ` Blaisorblade
2007-03-08 12:39 ` Blaisorblade
2007-03-07 9:29 ` Bill Irwin
2007-03-07 9:29 ` Bill Irwin
2007-03-07 9:39 ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-07 9:39 ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-07 10:09 ` Bill Irwin
2007-03-07 10:09 ` Bill Irwin
2007-03-07 8:38 ` Miklos Szeredi
2007-03-07 8:38 ` Miklos Szeredi
2007-03-07 8:47 ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-07 8:47 ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-07 8:51 ` Miklos Szeredi
2007-03-07 8:51 ` Miklos Szeredi
2007-03-07 9:07 ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-07 9:07 ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-07 9:18 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 9:18 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 9:26 ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-07 9:26 ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-07 9:28 ` Miklos Szeredi
2007-03-07 9:28 ` Miklos Szeredi
2007-03-07 9:38 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 9:38 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 9:25 ` Miklos Szeredi
2007-03-07 9:25 ` Miklos Szeredi
2007-03-07 9:32 ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-03-07 9:32 ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-03-07 9:45 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 9:45 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 10:04 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 10:04 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 10:06 ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-03-07 10:06 ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-03-07 10:13 ` Miklos Szeredi
2007-03-07 10:13 ` Miklos Szeredi
2007-03-07 10:21 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 10:21 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 10:24 ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-03-07 10:24 ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-03-07 10:38 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 10:38 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 10:47 ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-03-07 10:47 ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-03-07 11:00 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 11:00 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 11:48 ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-03-07 11:48 ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-03-07 12:17 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 12:17 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 12:41 ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-03-07 12:41 ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-03-07 13:08 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 13:08 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 13:19 ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-03-07 13:19 ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-03-07 13:36 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 13:36 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 13:52 ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-03-07 13:52 ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-03-07 13:56 ` Miklos Szeredi
2007-03-07 13:56 ` Miklos Szeredi
2007-03-07 14:34 ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-03-07 14:34 ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-03-07 15:01 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 15:01 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 16:58 ` [RFC][PATCH] mm: fix page_mkclean() vs non-linear vmas Peter Zijlstra
2007-03-07 16:58 ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-03-07 18:00 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-03-07 18:00 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-03-07 18:12 ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-03-07 18:12 ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-03-07 18:24 ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-03-07 18:24 ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-03-08 11:21 ` Miklos Szeredi
2007-03-08 11:21 ` Miklos Szeredi
2007-03-08 11:37 ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-03-08 11:37 ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-03-08 11:48 ` Miklos Szeredi
2007-03-08 11:48 ` Miklos Szeredi
2007-03-08 12:11 ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-03-08 12:11 ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-03-08 12:19 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-08 12:19 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-08 12:25 ` Miklos Szeredi
2007-03-08 12:25 ` Miklos Szeredi
2007-03-08 11:58 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-08 11:58 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-08 12:09 ` Miklos Szeredi
2007-03-08 12:09 ` Miklos Szeredi
2007-03-07 15:10 ` [patch 4/6] mm: merge populate and nopage into fault (fixes nonlinear) Jeff Dike
2007-03-07 15:10 ` Jeff Dike
2007-03-07 13:53 ` Miklos Szeredi
2007-03-07 13:53 ` Miklos Szeredi
2007-03-07 14:50 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 14:50 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 12:22 ` Bill Irwin
2007-03-07 12:22 ` Bill Irwin
2007-03-07 12:36 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 12:36 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 10:30 ` [rfc][patch 7/6] mm: merge page_mkwrite Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 10:30 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 8:59 ` [patch 4/6] mm: merge populate and nopage into fault (fixes nonlinear) Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 8:59 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 9:11 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 9:11 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 9:22 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-03-07 9:22 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-03-07 9:32 ` Bill Irwin
2007-03-07 9:32 ` Bill Irwin
2007-03-07 9:35 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-03-07 9:35 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-03-07 9:50 ` Bill Irwin
2007-03-07 9:50 ` Bill Irwin
2007-03-07 9:52 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 9:52 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 7:19 ` Bill Irwin
2007-03-07 7:19 ` Bill Irwin
2007-03-07 10:05 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-03-07 10:05 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-03-07 10:17 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 10:17 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-07 10:46 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-03-07 10:46 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-02-21 4:50 ` [patch 5/6] mm: merge nopfn into fault Nick Piggin
2007-02-21 4:50 ` Nick Piggin
2007-02-21 5:13 ` Nick Piggin
2007-02-21 5:13 ` Nick Piggin
2007-02-21 4:50 ` [patch 6/6] mm: remove legacy cruft Nick Piggin
2007-02-21 4:50 ` Nick Piggin
2007-02-27 4:36 ` Dave Airlie [this message]
2007-02-27 4:36 ` [patch 0/6] fault vs truncate/invalidate race fix Dave Airlie
2007-02-27 5:32 ` Andrew Morton
2007-02-27 5:32 ` Andrew Morton
2007-02-27 6:26 ` Dave Airlie
2007-02-27 6:26 ` Dave Airlie
2007-02-27 6:54 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-02-27 6:54 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-03-18 23:13 ` Dave Airlie
2007-03-18 23:13 ` Dave Airlie
2007-02-27 8:50 ` Nick Piggin
2007-02-27 8:50 ` Nick Piggin
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