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[PATCH] cpuset: task_lock comment fix

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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>
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Paul Jackson 2006-03-31 02:30:50 -08:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 2cf8d82d63
commit 4a01c8d5be
1 changed files with 4 additions and 6 deletions
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@ -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