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Date:	Sat, 5 Mar 2011 19:21:39 +0200
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
To:	Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@...arb.net>
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>,
	Jens Axboe <jaxboe@...ionio.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Eric B Munson <emunson@...bm.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 23/24] sys_swapoff: change order to match sys_swapon

On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@...arb.net> wrote:
> The block in sys_swapon which does the final adjustments to the
> swap_info_struct and to swap_list is the same as the block which
> re-inserts it again at sys_swapoff on failure of try_to_unuse(), except
> for the order of the operations within the lock. Since the order should
> not matter, arbitrarily change sys_swapoff to match sys_swapon, in
> preparation to making both share the same code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@...arb.net>
> Tested-by: Eric B Munson <emunson@...bm.net>
> Acked-by: Eric B Munson <emunson@...bm.net>

Reviewed-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
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