The patch titled
Subject: mm-do-not-stall-register_shrinker-fix
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
mm-do-not-stall-register_shrinker-fix.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-do-not-stall-register_shrinker-fix.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-do-not-stall-register_shrinker-fix.patch
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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm-do-not-stall-register_shrinker-fix
tweak code comment
Cc: Anshuman Khandual <khandual@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/vmscan.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN mm/vmscan.c~mm-do-not-stall-register_shrinker-fix mm/vmscan.c
--- a/mm/vmscan.c~mm-do-not-stall-register_shrinker-fix
+++ a/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -487,8 +487,9 @@ static unsigned long shrink_slab(gfp_t g
freed += do_shrink_slab(&sc, shrinker, priority);
/*
- * bail out if someone want to register a new shrinker to
- * prevent long time stall by parallel ongoing shrinking.
+ * Bail out if someone want to register a new shrinker to
+ * prevent the regsitration from being stalled for long periods
+ * by parallel ongoing shrinking.
*/
if (rwsem_is_contended(&shrinker_rwsem)) {
freed = freed ? : 1;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
i-need-old-gcc.patch
mm-introduce-get_user_pages_longterm-fix.patch
arm-arch-arm-include-asm-pageh-needs-personalityh.patch
mm.patch
include-linux-sched-mmh-uninline-mmdrop_async-etc.patch
mm-do-not-stall-register_shrinker-fix.patch
linux-next-rejects.patch
linux-next-git-rejects.patch
tools-objtool-makefile-dont-assume-sync-checksh-is-executable.patch
kernel-forkc-export-kernel_thread-to-modules.patch
slab-leaks3-default-y.patch
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