"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shute...@linux.intel.com> writes:
> We're going to use migration entries instead of compound_lock() to > stabilize page refcounts. Setup and remove migration entries require > page to be locked. > > Some of split_huge_page() callers already have the page locked. Let's > require everybody to lock the page before calling split_huge_page(). > > Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shute...@linux.intel.com> Why not have split_huge_page_locked/unlocked, and call the one which takes lock internally every where ? -aneesh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/