On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 07:20:52PM +0300, Oren Twaig wrote: > >What's the point to use vmalloc() in this case? > I've noticed that some lock/s are using linear addresses which are > located at 0xffffc901922b4500 and from what I understand > from mm.txt (kernel 3.0.101): > *ffffc90000000000 - ffffe8ffffffffff (=45 bits) vmalloc/ioremap space > > *So I'm not sure who/how/why this lock got allocated there, but obviously > it is using that linear set. No ?
It would be nice to know what lock it was, but nothing is inherently wrong with lock in vmalloc space. -- Kirill A. Shutemov -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
