summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/kernel/fork.c
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorJason Low <jason.low2@hp.com>2015-04-30 17:28:14 -0700
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2015-05-08 12:13:13 +0200
commit7e5a2c1729f1612618ed236249a15bf15f309325 (patch)
tree9b3bb9bf8cb6022c5a65ba16e86088fffd6f3921 /kernel/fork.c
parent316c1608d15c736439d4065ed12f306db554b3da (diff)
downloadop-kernel-dev-7e5a2c1729f1612618ed236249a15bf15f309325.zip
op-kernel-dev-7e5a2c1729f1612618ed236249a15bf15f309325.tar.gz
sched/numa: Document usages of mm->numa_scan_seq
The p->mm->numa_scan_seq is accessed using READ_ONCE/WRITE_ONCE and modified without exclusive access. It is not clear why it is accessed this way. This patch provides some documentation on that. Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jason Low <jason.low2@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Aswin Chandramouleeswaran <aswin@hp.com> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> Cc: Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@gmail.com> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Preeti U Murthy <preeti@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Scott J Norton <scott.norton@hp.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Waiman Long <waiman.long@hp.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1430440094.2475.61.camel@j-VirtualBox Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/fork.c')
0 files changed, 0 insertions, 0 deletions
OpenPOWER on IntegriCloud