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authorLiu Xiang <liu.xiang6@zte.com.cn>2019-05-13 17:16:28 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2019-05-14 09:47:45 -0700
commit632b2ef0c72d9ea0f76619ad04ca53aae121f8b9 (patch)
treec3d5f0e1c2ebf7fd6c597dd28af5a151b2143894 /mm
parent517f9f1ee5ed0a05d0f6f884f6d9b5c46ac5a810 (diff)
downloadlinux-632b2ef0c72d9ea0f76619ad04ca53aae121f8b9.tar.gz
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
-rw-r--r--mm/slub.c9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index af3b72b5de82..cd04dbd2b5d0 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -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