[PATCH v2 1/7] swap: Add comments to lock_cluster_or_swap_info()

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To improve the code readability.

Signed-off-by: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Shaohua Li <shli@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Daniel Jordan <daniel.m.jordan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 mm/swapfile.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index d8fddfb000ec..0a2a9643dd78 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -297,6 +297,12 @@ static inline void unlock_cluster(struct swap_cluster_info *ci)
 		spin_unlock(&ci->lock);
 }
 
+/*
+ * For non-HDD swap devices, the fine grained cluster lock is used to
+ * protect si->swap_map.  But cluster and cluster locks isn't
+ * available for HDD, so coarse grained si->lock will be used instead
+ * for that.
+ */
 static inline struct swap_cluster_info *lock_cluster_or_swap_info(
 	struct swap_info_struct *si,
 	unsigned long offset)
-- 
2.16.4




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