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

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Message-ID: <20081206135536.GH5957@mail.local.tull.net>
Date:	Sun, 7 Dec 2008 00:55:36 +1100
From:	Nick Andrew <nick@...k-andrew.net>
To:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
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 Sat, Dec 06, 2008 at 01:12:27PM +0100, Nick Piggin wrote:
> >  	/*
> >  	 * 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.

Loosen?

Nick.
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