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Re: [PATCH] reapswap for 2.4.5-ac10

To: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@conectiva.com.br>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] reapswap for 2.4.5-ac10
From: "Stephen C. Tweedie" <sct@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 23:14:54 +0100
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,André Dahlqvist <anedah-9@sm.luth.se>,linux-mm@kvack.org
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0106051646570.2997-100000@freak.distro.conectiva>; from marcelo@conectiva.com.br on Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 04:48:46PM -0300
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Hi,

On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 04:48:46PM -0300, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
 
> I'm resending the reapswap patch for inclusion into -ac series. 

Isn't it broken in this state?  Checking page_count, page->buffers and
PageSwapCache without the appropriate locks is dangerous.  I think you
need the page lock at the very least before making this test.

--Stephen
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