Re: [PATCH 4/4] Swap migration V3: sys_migrate_pages interface

[Paul Jackson]

Christoph wrote:
> Therefore if mems_allowed is accessed from outside of the 
> task then it may not be up to date, right?

Yup - exactly.

The up to date allowed memory container for a task is in its cpuset,
which does have the locking mechanisms needed for safe access from
other tasks.

The task mems_allowed is just a private cache of the mems_allowed of
its cpuset, used for quick access from within the task context by the
page allocation code.

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