Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 5 Sep 2002 09:28:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 5 Sep 2002 09:28:45 -0400 Received: from 2-210.ctame701-1.telepar.net.br ([200.193.160.210]:60099 "EHLO 2-210.ctame701-1.telepar.net.br") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 5 Sep 2002 09:28:44 -0400 Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 10:33:12 -0300 (BRT) From: Rik van Riel X-X-Sender: riel@imladris.surriel.com To: Daniel Phillips cc: Andrew Morton , Marcelo Tosatti , Subject: Re: Race in shrink_cache In-Reply-To: Message-ID: X-spambait: aardvark@kernelnewbies.org X-spammeplease: aardvark@nl.linux.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 671 Lines: 24 On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Daniel Phillips wrote: > /* > * We must not allow an anon page > * with no buffers to be visible on > * the LRU, so we unlock the page after > * taking the lru lock > */ > > That is, what's scary about an anon page without buffers? Nothing, those are placed on the LRU all the time. Rik -- Bravely reimplemented by the knights who say "NIH". http://www.surriel.com/ http://distro.conectiva.com/ - 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/