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| author | Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> | 2006-03-31 02:30:50 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-03-31 12:18:55 -0800 |
| commit | 4a01c8d5be628ac20cfd432c21808d76be5813e6 (patch) | |
| tree | 040ae0d60df3993a752ce852d3e3dc036586b037 /kernel | |
| parent | 2cf8d82d63807c2c68adf20bb28bf502496186dd (diff) | |
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[PATCH] cpuset: task_lock comment fix
Fix cpuset comment involving case of a tasks cpuset pointer being NULL.
Thanks to "the_top_cpuset_hack", this code no longer sees NULL task->cpuset
pointers.
Signed-off-by: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/cpuset.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c index 18aea1b..2523a4b 100644 --- a/kernel/cpuset.c +++ b/kernel/cpuset.c @@ -616,12 +616,10 @@ static void guarantee_online_mems(const struct cpuset *cs, nodemask_t *pmask) * current->cpuset if a task has its memory placement changed. * Do not call this routine if in_interrupt(). * - * Call without callback_mutex or task_lock() held. May be called - * with or without manage_mutex held. Doesn't need task_lock to guard - * against another task changing a non-NULL cpuset pointer to NULL, - * as that is only done by a task on itself, and if the current task - * is here, it is not simultaneously in the exit code NULL'ing its - * cpuset pointer. This routine also might acquire callback_mutex and + * Call without callback_mutex or task_lock() held. May be + * called with or without manage_mutex held. Thanks in part to + * 'the_top_cpuset_hack', the tasks cpuset pointer will never + * be NULL. This routine also might acquire callback_mutex and * current->mm->mmap_sem during call. * * Reading current->cpuset->mems_generation doesn't need task_lock |