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Split PMD locks

Posted Sep 27, 2013 6:24 UTC (Fri) by corbet (editor, #1)
In reply to: Split PMD locks by ncm
Parent article: Split PMD locks

"Many fewer mutexes than pages pointing to them" is pretty much the situation. Remember, these locks are only needed for pages holding page tables, not for pages in general.

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