The patch titled sys_swapon: remove did_down variable has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is sys_swapon-remove-did_down-variable.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: sys_swapon: remove did_down variable From: Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@xxxxxxxxxx> Since mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex) is called just after setting inode, did_down is always equivalent to (inode && S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)). Use this fact to remove the did_down variable. Signed-off-by: Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@xxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Eric B Munson <emunson@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Eric B Munson <emunson@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/swapfile.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN mm/swapfile.c~sys_swapon-remove-did_down-variable mm/swapfile.c --- a/mm/swapfile.c~sys_swapon-remove-did_down-variable +++ a/mm/swapfile.c @@ -1907,7 +1907,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(swapon, const char __use unsigned char *swap_map = NULL; struct page *page = NULL; struct inode *inode = NULL; - int did_down = 0; if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) return -EPERM; @@ -1962,7 +1961,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(swapon, const char __use } else if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) { p->bdev = inode->i_sb->s_bdev; mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex); - did_down = 1; if (IS_SWAPFILE(inode)) { error = -EBUSY; goto bad_swap; @@ -2163,7 +2161,7 @@ out: } if (name) putname(name); - if (did_down) { + if (inode && S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) { if (!error) inode->i_flags |= S_SWAPFILE; mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from cesarb@xxxxxxxxxx are sys_swapon-use-vzalloc-instead-of-vmalloc-memset.patch sys_swapon-remove-changelog-from-function-comment.patch sys_swapon-do-not-depend-on-type-after-allocation.patch sys_swapon-separate-swap_info-allocation.patch sys_swapon-simplify-error-return-from-swap_info-allocation.patch sys_swapon-simplify-error-flow-in-alloc_swap_info.patch sys_swapon-remove-initial-value-of-name-variable.patch sys_swapon-move-setting-of-error-nearer-use.patch sys_swapon-remove-did_down-variable.patch sys_swapon-remove-bdev-variable.patch sys_swapon-do-only-cleanup-in-the-cleanup-blocks.patch sys_swapon-use-a-single-error-label.patch sys_swapon-separate-bdev-claim-and-inode-lock.patch sys_swapon-simplify-error-flow-in-claim_swapfile.patch sys_swapon-move-setting-of-swapfilepages-near-use.patch sys_swapon-separate-parsing-of-swapfile-header.patch sys_swapon-simplify-error-flow-in-read_swap_header.patch sys_swapon-call-swap_cgroup_swapon-earlier.patch sys_swapon-separate-parsing-of-bad-blocks-and-extents.patch sys_swapon-simplify-error-flow-in-setup_swap_map_and_extents.patch sys_swapon-remove-nr_good_pages-variable.patch sys_swapon-move-printk-outside-lock.patch sys_swapoff-change-order-to-match-sys_swapon.patch sys_swapon-separate-final-enabling-of-the-swapfile.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html