This "changed" variable is kind of deprecated. We used to have a spinlock [which was later deemed unecessary] around the first if clause in the *_watermark_state() functions; the variable was needed in order to move the operation in the second if clause out of the lock section. Signed-off-by: Viktor Rosendahl <viktor.rosendahl@xxxxxxxxx> --- security/lowmem.c | 14 ++------------ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/security/lowmem.c b/security/lowmem.c index 2dc0c4a..183c57f 100644 --- a/security/lowmem.c +++ b/security/lowmem.c @@ -136,28 +136,18 @@ KERNEL_ATTR_RO(high_watermark); static void low_watermark_state(int new_state) { - int changed = 0; - if (low_watermark_reached != new_state) { low_watermark_reached = new_state; - changed = 1; - } - - if (changed) sysfs_notify(&kernel_subsys.kset.kobj, NULL, "low_watermark"); + } } static void high_watermark_state(int new_state) { - int changed = 0; - if (high_watermark_reached != new_state) { high_watermark_reached = new_state; - changed = 1; - } - - if (changed) sysfs_notify(&kernel_subsys.kset.kobj, NULL, "high_watermark"); + } } static int low_vm_enough_memory(long pages) -- 1.5.6.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html