linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix incorrect use of loose in migrate.c

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Message-ID: <20081206121227.GA6292@wotan.suse.de>
Date:	Sat, 6 Dec 2008 13:12:27 +0100
From:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
To:	Nick Andrew <nick@...k-andrew.net>
Cc:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix incorrect use of loose in migrate.c

On Fri, Dec 05, 2008 at 02:08:07PM +1100, Nick Andrew wrote:
> Fix incorrect use of loose in migrate.c
> 
> It should be 'lose', not 'loose'.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew <nick@...k-andrew.net>
> ---
> 
>  mm/migrate.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
> index 1e0d6b2..7605b2b 100644
> --- a/mm/migrate.c
> +++ b/mm/migrate.c
> @@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ static int writeout(struct address_space *mapping, struct page *page)
>  	/*
>  	 * A dirty page may imply that the underlying filesystem has
>  	 * the page on some queue. So the page must be clean for
> -	 * migration. Writeout may mean we loose the lock and the
> +	 * migration. Writeout may mean we lose the lock and the
>  	 * page state is no longer what we checked for earlier.
>  	 * At this point we know that the migration attempt cannot
>  	 * be successful.

I don't know... presumably we haven't just gone and lost the little
bugger. I mean, we were holding it one minute, then... gone?  Do we
have Alzheimer's? Unlikely. I think we loosed it.

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