linux-kernel - Re: very small code cleanup

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Date:	Tue, 07 Nov 2006 14:43:35 +0000
From:	Paulo Marques <pmarques@...popie.com>
To:	Rik Bobbaers <Rik.Bobbaers@...kuleuven.be>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: very small code cleanup

Rik Bobbaers wrote:
> hey all,
> 
> in mm/mlock.c , mm is defined as vma->vm_mm, why not use that one for 
> the decrement of pages?

Because vma can change here:

	if (*prev) {
		vma = *prev;
		goto success;
	}

and then mm won't be the same as vma->vm_mm..

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Paulo Marques - www.grupopie.com

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