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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/mmzone.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/mmzone.h | 14 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h index e511f9429f1e..09d381b71fd8 100644 --- a/include/linux/mmzone.h +++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h @@ -474,10 +474,16 @@ struct zone { * frequently read in proximity to zone->lock. It's good to * give them a chance of being in the same cacheline. * - * Write access to present_pages and managed_pages at runtime should - * be protected by lock_memory_hotplug()/unlock_memory_hotplug(). - * Any reader who can't tolerant drift of present_pages and - * managed_pages should hold memory hotplug lock to get a stable value. + * Write access to present_pages at runtime should be protected by + * lock_memory_hotplug()/unlock_memory_hotplug(). Any reader who can't + * tolerant drift of present_pages should hold memory hotplug lock to + * get a stable value. + * + * Read access to managed_pages should be safe because it's unsigned + * long. Write access to zone->managed_pages and totalram_pages are + * protected by managed_page_count_lock at runtime. Idealy only + * adjust_managed_page_count() should be used instead of directly + * touching zone->managed_pages and totalram_pages. */ unsigned long spanned_pages; unsigned long present_pages; |