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authorLiu Xiang <liu.xiang6@zte.com.cn>2019-05-14 03:16:28 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2019-05-14 19:47:45 +0300
commit632b2ef0c72d9ea0f76619ad04ca53aae121f8b9 (patch)
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parent517f9f1ee5ed0a05d0f6f884f6d9b5c46ac5a810 (diff)
downloadlinux-632b2ef0c72d9ea0f76619ad04ca53aae121f8b9.tar.xz
mm/slub.c: update the comment about slab frozen
Now frozen slab can only be on the per cpu partial list. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1554022325-11305-1-git-send-email-liu.xiang6@zte.com.cn Signed-off-by: Liu Xiang <liu.xiang6@zte.com.cn> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.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/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index af3b72b5de82..cd04dbd2b5d0 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
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@@ -58,10 +58,11 @@
* D. page->frozen -> frozen state
*
* If a slab is frozen then it is exempt from list management. It is not
- * on any list. The processor that froze the slab is the one who can
- * perform list operations on the page. Other processors may put objects
- * onto the freelist but the processor that froze the slab is the only
- * one that can retrieve the objects from the page's freelist.
+ * on any list except per cpu partial list. The processor that froze the
+ * slab is the one who can perform list operations on the page. Other
+ * processors may put objects onto the freelist but the processor that
+ * froze the slab is the only one that can retrieve the objects from the
+ * page's freelist.
*
* The list_lock protects the partial and full list on each node and
* the partial slab counter. If taken then no new slabs may be added or