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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-08-11 11:19:20 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-08-11 11:19:20 +0200
commit8067794bec1cc5de1431102cf0a6a1c7ce75cd85 (patch)
tree2bfa0fba060d253bbd972282b29a3d60c3e7cb7f /include/linux/rmap.h
parent7ab6af7ab69df8c9c5fbc380004fb81187742096 (diff)
parent796aadeb1b2db9b5d463946766c5bbfd7717158c (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/x2apic
Conflicts: arch/x86/kernel/genapic_64.c Manual merge: arch/x86/kernel/genx2apic_uv_x.c Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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diff --git a/include/linux/rmap.h b/include/linux/rmap.h
index 1383692ac5b..69407f85e10 100644
--- a/include/linux/rmap.h
+++ b/include/linux/rmap.h
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@
*/
struct anon_vma {
spinlock_t lock; /* Serialize access to vma list */
+ /*
+ * NOTE: the LSB of the head.next is set by
+ * mm_take_all_locks() _after_ taking the above lock. So the
+ * head must only be read/written after taking the above lock
+ * to be sure to see a valid next pointer. The LSB bit itself
+ * is serialized by a system wide lock only visible to
+ * mm_take_all_locks() (mm_all_locks_mutex).
+ */
struct list_head head; /* List of private "related" vmas */
};