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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-07-30 19:33:48 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-07-30 19:33:48 +0200
commit15dd859cacf312f606f54502d1f66537a1e5c78c (patch)
treee50e125eaa6da83fa715704e53c1bde013d1ef8e /include/linux/rmap.h
parentb2d9d33412b9d13a40cd314d93ab517950fc5950 (diff)
parent6e86841d05f371b5b9b86ce76c02aaee83352298 (diff)
Merge commit 'v2.6.27-rc1' into x86/core
Conflicts: include/asm-x86/dma-mapping.h include/asm-x86/namei.h include/asm-x86/uaccess.h 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 1383692ac5bd..69407f85e10b 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 */
};