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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-09-24 11:32:11 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-09-24 11:32:11 -0400
commit6c5daf012c9155aafd2c7973e4278766c30dfad0 (patch)
tree33959d7b36d03e1610615641a2940cb2de5e8603 /Documentation/vm
parent6d39b27f0ac7e805ae3bd9efa51d7da04bec0360 (diff)
parentc08d3b0e33edce28e9cfa7b64f7fe5bdeeb29248 (diff)
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6: truncate: use new helpers truncate: new helpers fs: fix overflow in sys_mount() for in-kernel calls fs: Make unload_nls() NULL pointer safe freeze_bdev: grab active reference to frozen superblocks freeze_bdev: kill bd_mount_sem exofs: remove BKL from super operations fs/romfs: correct error-handling code vfs: seq_file: add helpers for data filling vfs: remove redundant position check in do_sendfile vfs: change sb->s_maxbytes to a loff_t vfs: explicitly cast s_maxbytes in fiemap_check_ranges libfs: return error code on failed attr set seq_file: return a negative error code when seq_path_root() fails. vfs: optimize touch_time() too vfs: optimization for touch_atime() vfs: split generic_forget_inode() so that hugetlbfs does not have to copy it fs/inode.c: add dev-id and inode number for debugging in init_special_inode() libfs: make simple_read_from_buffer conventional
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@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Note: PTL can also be used to guarantee that no new clones using the
80mm start up ... this is a loose form of stability on mm_users. For 80mm start up ... this is a loose form of stability on mm_users. For
81example, it is used in copy_mm to protect against a racing tlb_gather_mmu 81example, it is used in copy_mm to protect against a racing tlb_gather_mmu
82single address space optimization, so that the zap_page_range (from 82single address space optimization, so that the zap_page_range (from
83vmtruncate) does not lose sending ipi's to cloned threads that might 83truncate) does not lose sending ipi's to cloned threads that might
84be spawned underneath it and go to user mode to drag in pte's into tlbs. 84be spawned underneath it and go to user mode to drag in pte's into tlbs.
85 85
86swap_lock 86swap_lock