The patch titled
Subject: mm-swap-fix-race-conditions-in-swap_slots-cache-init-fix
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
mm-swap-fix-race-conditions-in-swap_slots-cache-init-fix.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-swap-fix-race-conditions-in-swap_slots-cache-init-fix.patch
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http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-swap-fix-race-conditions-in-swap_slots-cache-init-fix.patch
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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm-swap-fix-race-conditions-in-swap_slots-cache-init-fix
tidy up comment
Cc: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/swap_slots.c | 9 ++++-----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff -puN mm/swap_slots.c~mm-swap-fix-race-conditions-in-swap_slots-cache-init-fix mm/swap_slots.c
--- a/mm/swap_slots.c~mm-swap-fix-race-conditions-in-swap_slots-cache-init-fix
+++ a/mm/swap_slots.c
@@ -149,11 +149,10 @@ static int alloc_swap_slot_cache(unsigne
cache->cur = 0;
cache->n_ret = 0;
/*
- * We intialized alloc_lock and free_lock earlier.
- * We use !cache->slots or !cache->slots_ret
- * to know if it is safe to acquire the corresponding
- * lock and use the cache. Memory barrier
- * below ensures the assumption.
+ * We intialized alloc_lock and free_lock earlier. We use
+ * !cache->slots or !cache->slots_ret to know if it is safe to acquire
+ * the corresponding lock and use the cache. Memory barrier below
+ * ensures the assumption.
*/
mb();
cache->slots = slots;
_
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