linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] cpuset: clean up cpuset hierarchy traversal code

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Message-Id: <20080728010141.fbd33866.pj@sgi.com>
Date:	Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:01:41 -0500
From:	Paul Jackson <pj@....com>
To:	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, menage@...gle.com,
	seto.hidetoshi@...fujitsu.com, laijs@...fujitsu.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] cpuset: clean up cpuset hierarchy traversal code

Li Zefan wrote:
> -	q = kfifo_alloc(number_of_cpusets * sizeof(cp), GFP_KERNEL, NULL);


The block comment for rebuild_sched_domains() states:

> ... May take callback_mutex during
> * call due to the kfifo_alloc() and kmalloc() calls.

I suspect that mention of kfifo_alloc() is no longer correct,
with your patch.  If so, perhaps you could send a little additional
fix patch, to remove that mention from the comment.

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