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Re: strange locking __find_get_swapcache_page()

On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> read_swap_cache_async()?  All code paths in that area are
> under lock_kernel().

Ugh. But yes, that would certainly fix the race.

Let's leave it, and fix it for real in 2.5.x

		Linus

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