The patch titled
Subject: mm/slub.c: update the comment about slab frozen
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
slub-update-the-comment-about-slab-frozen.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/slub-update-the-comment-about-slab-frozen.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/slub-update-the-comment-about-slab-frozen.patch
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From: Liu Xiang <liu.xiang6@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm/slub.c: update the comment about slab frozen
Now frozen slab can only be on the per cpu partial list.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1554022325-11305-1-git-send-email-liu.xiang6@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Liu Xiang <liu.xiang6@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/slub.c | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/slub.c~slub-update-the-comment-about-slab-frozen
+++ a/mm/slub.c
@@ -58,10 +58,11 @@
* D. page->frozen -> frozen state
*
* If a slab is frozen then it is exempt from list management. It is not
- * on any list. The processor that froze the slab is the one who can
- * perform list operations on the page. Other processors may put objects
- * onto the freelist but the processor that froze the slab is the only
- * one that can retrieve the objects from the page's freelist.
+ * on any list except per cpu partial list. The processor that froze the
+ * slab is the one who can perform list operations on the page. Other
+ * processors may put objects onto the freelist but the processor that
+ * froze the slab is the only one that can retrieve the objects from the
+ * page's freelist.
*
* The list_lock protects the partial and full list on each node and
* the partial slab counter. If taken then no new slabs may be added or
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from liu.xiang6@xxxxxxxxxx are
slub-remove-useless-kmem_cache_debug-before-remove_full.patch
slub-update-the-comment-about-slab-frozen.patch
