+ mm-swapfilec-do-not-skip-lowest_bit-in-scan_swap_map-scan-loop.patch added to -mm tree

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Subject: + mm-swapfilec-do-not-skip-lowest_bit-in-scan_swap_map-scan-loop.patch added to -mm tree
To: jamieliu@xxxxxxxxxx,akinobu.mita@xxxxxxxxx,hughd@xxxxxxxxxx,minchan@xxxxxxxxxx,shli@xxxxxxxxxxxx
From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 13:22:20 -0800


The patch titled
     Subject: mm/swapfile.c: do not skip lowest_bit in scan_swap_map() scan loop
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     mm-swapfilec-do-not-skip-lowest_bit-in-scan_swap_map-scan-loop.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-swapfilec-do-not-skip-lowest_bit-in-scan_swap_map-scan-loop.patch
and later at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-swapfilec-do-not-skip-lowest_bit-in-scan_swap_map-scan-loop.patch

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From: Jamie Liu <jamieliu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm/swapfile.c: do not skip lowest_bit in scan_swap_map() scan loop

In the second half of scan_swap_map()'s scan loop, offset is set to
si->lowest_bit and then incremented before entering the loop for the first
time, causing si->swap_map[si->lowest_bit] to be skipped.

Signed-off-by: Jamie Liu <jamieliu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Shaohua Li <shli@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 mm/swapfile.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN mm/swapfile.c~mm-swapfilec-do-not-skip-lowest_bit-in-scan_swap_map-scan-loop mm/swapfile.c
--- a/mm/swapfile.c~mm-swapfilec-do-not-skip-lowest_bit-in-scan_swap_map-scan-loop
+++ a/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ scan:
 		}
 	}
 	offset = si->lowest_bit;
-	while (++offset < scan_base) {
+	while (offset < scan_base) {
 		if (!si->swap_map[offset]) {
 			spin_lock(&si->lock);
 			goto checks;
@@ -629,6 +629,7 @@ scan:
 			cond_resched();
 			latency_ration = LATENCY_LIMIT;
 		}
+		offset++;
 	}
 	spin_lock(&si->lock);
 
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from jamieliu@xxxxxxxxxx are

mm-swapfilec-do-not-skip-lowest_bit-in-scan_swap_map-scan-loop.patch

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