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authorFernando Luis Vazquez Cao <fernando@oss.ntt.co.jp>2008-07-30 01:33:39 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-07-30 12:41:45 -0400
commit7e6cbea39aaa32480145915751119227f29f6f7b (patch)
treeb22cf970a882bca6cd4e526d6b7b9e9396981c37 /mm/madvise.c
parent641de9d8f505db055d451b50e6e38117f84e79bb (diff)
madvise: update function comment of madvise_dontneed
Signed-off-by: Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao <fernando@oss.ntt.co.jp> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
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@@ -132,10 +132,10 @@ static long madvise_willneed(struct vm_area_struct * vma,
132 * Application no longer needs these pages. If the pages are dirty, 132 * Application no longer needs these pages. If the pages are dirty,
133 * it's OK to just throw them away. The app will be more careful about 133 * it's OK to just throw them away. The app will be more careful about
134 * data it wants to keep. Be sure to free swap resources too. The 134 * data it wants to keep. Be sure to free swap resources too. The
135 * zap_page_range call sets things up for refill_inactive to actually free 135 * zap_page_range call sets things up for shrink_active_list to actually free
136 * these pages later if no one else has touched them in the meantime, 136 * these pages later if no one else has touched them in the meantime,
137 * although we could add these pages to a global reuse list for 137 * although we could add these pages to a global reuse list for
138 * refill_inactive to pick up before reclaiming other pages. 138 * shrink_active_list to pick up before reclaiming other pages.
139 * 139 *
140 * NB: This interface discards data rather than pushes it out to swap, 140 * NB: This interface discards data rather than pushes it out to swap,
141 * as some implementations do. This has performance implications for 141 * as some implementations do. This has performance implications for