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Re: [PATCH] gnumach: vm: zone_gc: Got rid of useless function
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Samuel Thibault |
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Re: [PATCH] gnumach: vm: zone_gc: Got rid of useless function |
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Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:06:56 +0200 |
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Maksym Planeta, le Mon 18 Apr 2011 00:13:14 +0300, a écrit :
> When zone_gc starts collecting free memory, first it form a list
> (zone_free_page_list) of free
> pages and then by the end of function it frees this list.
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> Patch makes releasing of free pages on spot. So this list isn't
> needed and one for loop becomes less.
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> There was a risk of deadlocking when kmem_free is called, but
> investigating of code and test didn't reveal the deadlock.
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> Signed-off-by: Maksym Planeta <mcsim.planeta@gmail.com>
BTW, this is not the GNU-style for ChangeLogs. Please check the GNU
Coding Standards paragraph about it.
Samuel