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authornpiggin@suse.de <npiggin@suse.de>2009-08-20 12:35:05 -0400
committeral <al@dizzy.pdmi.ras.ru>2009-09-24 08:41:47 -0400
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truncate: new helpers
Introduce new truncate helpers truncate_pagecache and inode_newsize_ok. vmtruncate is also consolidated from mm/memory.c and mm/nommu.c and into mm/truncate.c. Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Note: PTL can also be used to guarantee that no new clones using the
80mm start up ... this is a loose form of stability on mm_users. For 80mm start up ... this is a loose form of stability on mm_users. For
81example, it is used in copy_mm to protect against a racing tlb_gather_mmu 81example, it is used in copy_mm to protect against a racing tlb_gather_mmu
82single address space optimization, so that the zap_page_range (from 82single address space optimization, so that the zap_page_range (from
83vmtruncate) does not lose sending ipi's to cloned threads that might 83truncate) does not lose sending ipi's to cloned threads that might
84be spawned underneath it and go to user mode to drag in pte's into tlbs. 84be spawned underneath it and go to user mode to drag in pte's into tlbs.
85 85
86swap_lock 86swap_lock