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authorJoonsoo Kim <js1304@gmail.com>2013-04-30 00:07:32 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-04-30 00:54:34 +0200
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parentmm, vmalloc: protect va->vm by vmap_area_lock (diff)
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mm, vmalloc: iterate vmap_area_list, instead of vmlist in vread/vwrite()
Now, when we hold a vmap_area_lock, va->vm can't be discarded. So we can safely access to va->vm when iterating a vmap_area_list with holding a vmap_area_lock. With this property, change iterating vmlist codes in vread/vwrite() to iterating vmap_area_list. There is a little difference relate to lock, because vmlist_lock is mutex, but, vmap_area_lock is spin_lock. It may introduce a spinning overhead during vread/vwrite() is executing. But, these are debug-oriented functions, so this overhead is not real problem for common case. Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <js1304@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Atsushi Kumagai <kumagai-atsushi@mxc.nes.nec.co.jp> Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com> Cc: Dave Anderson <anderson@redhat.com> Cc: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Guan Xuetao <gxt@mprc.pku.edu.cn> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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