linux-kernel - Re: EMM: Fix rcu handling and spelling

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Message-ID: <20080402190218.GI9333@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Wed, 2 Apr 2008 12:02:18 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@...ranet.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: EMM: Fix rcu handling and spelling

On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 11:43:02AM -0700, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> Subject: EMM: Fix rcu handling and spelling
> 
> Fix the way rcu_dereference is done.

Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

> Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
> 
> ---
>  include/linux/rmap.h |    2 +-
>  mm/rmap.c            |    4 ++--
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/rmap.h
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/rmap.h	2008-04-02 11:41:58.737866596 -0700
> +++ linux-2.6/include/linux/rmap.h	2008-04-02 11:42:08.282029661 -0700
> @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static inline void page_dup_rmap(struct 
>   * when the VM removes references to pages.
>   */
>  enum emm_operation {
> -	emm_release,		/* Process existing, */
> +	emm_release,		/* Process exiting, */
>  	emm_invalidate_start,	/* Before the VM unmaps pages */
>  	emm_invalidate_end,	/* After the VM unmapped pages */
>   	emm_referenced		/* Check if a range was referenced */
> Index: linux-2.6/mm/rmap.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/mm/rmap.c	2008-04-02 11:41:58.737866596 -0700
> +++ linux-2.6/mm/rmap.c	2008-04-02 11:42:08.282029661 -0700
> @@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(emm_notifier_register)
>  int __emm_notify(struct mm_struct *mm, enum emm_operation op,
>  		unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
>  {
> -	struct emm_notifier *e = rcu_dereference(mm)->emm_notifier;
> +	struct emm_notifier *e = rcu_dereference(mm->emm_notifier);
>  	int x;
> 
>  	while (e) {
> @@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ int __emm_notify(struct mm_struct *mm, e
>  		 * emm_notifier contents (e) must be fetched after
>  		 * the retrival of the pointer to the notifier.
>  		 */
> -		e = rcu_dereference(e)->next;
> +		e = rcu_dereference(e->next);
>  	}
>  	return 0;
>  }
> 
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