Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030300AbWASUCd (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:02:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030326AbWASUCd (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:02:33 -0500 Received: from mail.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:53948 "EHLO mx1.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030300AbWASUCc (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:02:32 -0500 Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 21:02:26 +0100 From: Nick Piggin To: Marcelo Tosatti Cc: Nick Piggin , Linux Memory Management , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Hugh Dickins , Andrew Morton , Andrea Arcangeli , Linus Torvalds , David Miller Subject: Re: [patch 3/3] mm: PageActive no testset Message-ID: <20060119200226.GA1756@wotan.suse.de> References: <20060118024106.10241.69438.sendpatchset@linux.site> <20060118024139.10241.73020.sendpatchset@linux.site> <20060118141346.GB7048@dmt.cnet> <20060119145008.GA20126@wotan.suse.de> <20060119165222.GC4418@dmt.cnet> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060119165222.GC4418@dmt.cnet> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 790 Lines: 22 On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 02:52:22PM -0200, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 03:50:08PM +0100, Nick Piggin wrote: > > > The test-set / test-clear operations also kind of imply that it is > > being used for locking or without other synchronisation (usually). > > Non-atomic versions such as __ClearPageLRU()/__ClearPageActive() are > not usable, though. > Correct. Although I was able to use them in a couple of other places in a subsequent patch in the series. I trust you don't see a problem with those usages? Thanks, Nick - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/