The patch titled
Subject: mm/slub.c: update comments
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
mm-update-comments-in-slubc.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-update-comments-in-slubc.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-update-comments-in-slubc.patch
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From: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm/slub.c: update comments
Slub doesn't use PG_active and PG_error anymore.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191007222023.162256-1-yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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 | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/slub.c~mm-update-comments-in-slubc
+++ a/mm/slub.c
@@ -93,9 +93,7 @@
* minimal so we rely on the page allocators per cpu caches for
* fast frees and allocs.
*
- * Overloading of page flags that are otherwise used for LRU management.
- *
- * PageActive The slab is frozen and exempt from list processing.
+ * page->frozen The slab is frozen and exempt from list processing.
* This means that the slab is dedicated to a purpose
* such as satisfying allocations for a specific
* processor. Objects may be freed in the slab while
@@ -111,7 +109,7 @@
* free objects in addition to the regular freelist
* that requires the slab lock.
*
- * PageError Slab requires special handling due to debug
+ * SLAB_DEBUG_FLAGS Slab requires special handling due to debug
* options set. This moves slab handling out of
* the fast path and disables lockless freelists.
*/
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx are
mm-update-comments-in-slubc.patch
