The patch titled
Subject: ksm: use the helper method to do the hlist_empty check
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
ksm-use-the-helper-method-to-do-the-hlist_empty-check.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/ksm-use-the-helper-method-to-do-the-hlist_empty-check.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/ksm-use-the-helper-method-to-do-the-hlist_empty-check.patch
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From: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: ksm: use the helper method to do the hlist_empty check
This just uses the helper function to cleanup the assumption on the
hlist_node internals.
Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Petr Holasek <pholasek@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/ksm.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN mm/ksm.c~ksm-use-the-helper-method-to-do-the-hlist_empty-check mm/ksm.c
--- a/mm/ksm.c~ksm-use-the-helper-method-to-do-the-hlist_empty-check
+++ a/mm/ksm.c
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ static void remove_rmap_item_from_tree(s
unlock_page(page);
put_page(page);
- if (stable_node->hlist.first)
+ if (!hlist_empty(&stable_node->hlist))
ksm_pages_sharing--;
else
ksm_pages_shared--;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx are
ksm-fix-rmap_item-anon_vma-memory-corruption-and-vma-user-after-free.patch
ksm-add-cond_resched-to-the-rmap_walks.patch
ksm-dont-fail-stable-tree-lookups-if-walking-over-stale-stable_nodes.patch
ksm-use-the-helper-method-to-do-the-hlist_empty-check.patch
ksm-use-find_mergeable_vma-in-try_to_merge_with_ksm_page.patch
ksm-unstable_tree_search_insert-error-checking-cleanup.patch
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