linux-kernel - Re: mmotm 2010-12-16 - breaks mlockall() call

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Message-ID: <22255.1292980045@localhost>
Date:	Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:07:25 -0500
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mm-commits@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: mmotm 2010-12-16 - breaks mlockall() call

On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 22:26:29 PST, Michel Lespinasse said:

> So the trivial fix to make mlockall behave identically as before could be
> as follows:
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>
> 
> diff --git a/mm/mlock.c b/mm/mlock.c
> index db0ed84..168b750 100644

Confirming this makes the mlockall() call in my initramfs behave as before...
Feel free to stick in a:

Tested-by: Valdis Kletnieks <valdis.kletnieks@...edu>

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