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@ 2011-12-21 20:13 akpm
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From: akpm @ 2011-12-21 20:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
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The patch titled
     Subject: memcg-simplify-lru-handling-by-new-rule-memcg-return-eintr-at-bypassing-try_charge-fix
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     memcg-simplify-lru-handling-by-new-rule-memcg-return-eintr-at-bypassing-try_charge-fix.patch

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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: memcg-simplify-lru-handling-by-new-rule-memcg-return-eintr-at-bypassing-try_charge-fix

clean up code comment

Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
Cc: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz>
Cc: Ying Han <yinghan@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 mm/memcontrol.c |   19 +++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff -puN mm/memcontrol.c~memcg-simplify-lru-handling-by-new-rule-memcg-return-eintr-at-bypassing-try_charge-fix mm/memcontrol.c
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c~memcg-simplify-lru-handling-by-new-rule-memcg-return-eintr-at-bypassing-try_charge-fix
+++ a/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -2192,20 +2192,19 @@ static int mem_cgroup_do_charge(struct m
  * 3. call memory reclaim if necessary.
  *
  * In some special case, if the task is fatal, fatal_signal_pending() or
- * TIF_MEMDIE, this functoion returns -EINTR with filling *ptr as
- * root_mem_cgroup. There are 2 reasons for this. 1st is that
- * fatal threads should quit as soon as possible without any hazards.
- * 2nd is that all page should have valid pc->mem_cgroup if it will be
- * used. If mm is NULL and the caller doesn't pass valid memcg pointer,
- * that's treated as charge to root_mem_cgroup.
+ * has TIF_MEMDIE, this function returns -EINTR while writing root_mem_cgroup
+ * to *ptr. There are two reasons for this. 1: fatal threads should quit as soon
+ * as possible without any hazards. 2: all pages should have a valid
+ * pc->mem_cgroup. If mm is NULL and the caller doesn't pass a valid memcg
+ * pointer, that is treated as a charge to root_mem_cgroup.
  *
- * So, try_charge will return
- *  0       ...  at success. filling *ptr with a valid memcg pointer.
+ * So __mem_cgroup_try_charge() will return
+ *  0       ...  on success, filling *ptr with a valid memcg pointer.
  *  -ENOMEM ...  charge failure because of resource limits.
  *  -EINTR  ...  if thread is fatal. *ptr is filled with root_mem_cgroup.
  *
- * Unlike exported interface, "oom" parameter is added. if oom==true,
- * oom-killer can be invoked.
+ * Unlike the exported interface, an "oom" parameter is added. if oom==true,
+ * the oom-killer can be invoked.
  */
 static int __mem_cgroup_try_charge(struct mm_struct *mm,
 				   gfp_t gfp_mask,
_
Subject: Subject: memcg-simplify-lru-handling-by-new-rule-memcg-return-eintr-at-bypassing-try_charge-fix

Patches currently in -mm which might be from akpm@linux-foundation.org are

origin.patch
revert-procfs-do-not-confuse-jiffies-with-cputime64_t.patch
linux-next.patch
linux-next-git-rejects.patch
i-need-old-gcc.patch
arch-alpha-kernel-systblss-remove-debug-check.patch
arch-x86-platform-iris-irisc-register-a-platform-device-and-a-platform-driver.patch
x86-olpc-xo15-sci-enable-lid-close-wakeup-control-through-sysfs-fix.patch
mm-vmallocc-eliminate-extra-loop-in-pcpu_get_vm_areas-error-path-fix.patch
drivers-platform-x86-sony-laptopc-fix-scancodes-checkpatch-fixes.patch
drivers-platform-x86-sony-laptopc-fix-scancodes-v2-checkpatch-fixes.patch
slub-document-setting-min-order-with-debug_guardpage_minorder-0-checkpatch-fixes.patch
mm.patch
mm-add-extra-free-kbytes-tunable-update-checkpatch-fixes.patch
mm-reduce-the-amount-of-work-done-when-updating-min_free_kbytes-checkpatch-fixes.patch
mm-hugetlbc-fix-virtual-address-handling-in-hugetlb-fault-fix.patch
mm-more-intensive-memory-corruption-debug-fix.patch
mm-exclude-reserved-pages-from-dirtyable-memory-fix.patch
mm-simplify-find_vma_prev-fix.patch
mm-hugetlb-fix-pgoff-computation-when-unmapping-page-from-vma-fix.patch
frv-duplicate-output_buffer-of-e03-checkpatch-fixes.patch
hpet-factor-timer-allocate-from-open.patch
treewide-convert-uses-of-attrib_noreturn-to-__noreturn-checkpatch-fixes.patch
leds-add-driver-for-tca6507-led-controller.patch
checkpatch-improve-memset-and-min-max-with-cast-checking-fix.patch
checkpatch-catch-all-occurances-of-type-and-cast-spacing-errors-per-line-checkpatch-fixes.patch
drivers-rtc-rtc-mxcc-fix-setting-time-for-mx1-soc-fix.patch
drivers-rtc-rtc-mxcc-make-alarm-work-fix.patch
rtc-ab8500-add-calibration-attribute-to-ab8500-rtc-checkpatch-fixes.patch
rtc-ab8500-add-calibration-attribute-to-ab8500-rtc-v3-checkpatch-fixes.patch
mm-vmscan-distinguish-between-memcg-triggering-reclaim-and-memcg-being-scanned-checkpatch-fixes.patch
memcg-make-mem_cgroup_split_huge_fixup-more-efficient-fix.patch
memcg-clear-pc-mem_cgorup-if-necessary-fix.patch
memcg-clear-pc-mem_cgorup-if-necessary-fix-2-fix.patch
memcg-simplify-lru-handling-by-new-rule-fix.patch
memcg-simplify-lru-handling-by-new-rule-memcg-return-eintr-at-bypassing-try_charge-fix.patch
procfs-introduce-the-proc-pid-map_files-directory-checkpatch-fixes.patch
workqueue-make-alloc_workqueue-take-printf-fmt-and-args-for-name-fix.patch
kexec-remove-kmsg_dump_kexec.patch
panic-dont-print-redundant-backtraces-on-oops-fix.patch
scatterlist-new-helper-functions.patch
scatterlist-new-helper-functions-update-fix.patch
memstick-add-support-for-legacy-memorysticks-fix.patch
dio-optimize-cache-misses-in-the-submission-path-v2-checkpatch-fixes.patch
selftests-new-very-basic-kernel-selftests-directory.patch
c-r-procfs-add-start_data-end_data-start_brk-members-to-proc-pid-stat-v4-fix.patch
c-r-prctl-add-pr_set_mm-codes-to-set-up-mm_struct-entries-fix.patch
fixed-use-of-rounddown_pow_of_two-in-ramoops.patch
notify_change-check-that-i_mutex-is-held.patch
journal_add_journal_head-debug.patch
mutex-subsystem-synchro-test-module-fix.patch
slab-leaks3-default-y.patch
put_bh-debug.patch


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