Page Fault Scalability patch V19 [3/4]: Drop use of page_table_lock in handle_mm_fault

2005-03-09 Thread Christoph Lameter
The page fault handler attempts to use the page_table_lock only for short time periods. It repeatedly drops and reacquires the lock. When the lock is reacquired, checks are made if the underlying pte has changed before replacing the pte value. These locations are a good fit for the use of

Page Fault Scalability patch V19 [3/4]: Drop use of page_table_lock in handle_mm_fault

2005-03-09 Thread Christoph Lameter
The page fault handler attempts to use the page_table_lock only for short time periods. It repeatedly drops and reacquires the lock. When the lock is reacquired, checks are made if the underlying pte has changed before replacing the pte value. These locations are a good fit for the use of