diff options
| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-05-20 09:20:59 -0700 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-05-20 09:20:59 -0700 |
| commit | f39d01be4c59a61a08d0cb53f615e7016b85d339 (patch) | |
| tree | 6777590e3ff2ddf4df1d38444ba7d692cd463b7b /Documentation/vm/numa_memory_policy.txt | |
| parent | 54291263519ac2c9bdda68b23b02fef3808deed4 (diff) | |
| parent | 7db82437cfcac4bdfe79a6323eb554fdfa271623 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial: (44 commits)
vlynq: make whole Kconfig-menu dependant on architecture
add descriptive comment for TIF_MEMDIE task flag declaration.
EEPROM: max6875: Header file cleanup
EEPROM: 93cx6: Header file cleanup
EEPROM: Header file cleanup
agp: use NULL instead of 0 when pointer is needed
rtc-v3020: make bitfield unsigned
PCI: make bitfield unsigned
jbd2: use NULL instead of 0 when pointer is needed
cciss: fix shadows sparse warning
doc: inode uses a mutex instead of a semaphore.
uml: i386: Avoid redefinition of NR_syscalls
fix "seperate" typos in comments
cocbalt_lcdfb: correct sections
doc: Change urls for sparse
Powerpc: wii: Fix typo in comment
i2o: cleanup some exit paths
Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate
UML: Fix compiler warning due to missing task_struct declaration
UML: add kernel.h include to signal.c
...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/vm/numa_memory_policy.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/numa_memory_policy.txt | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/numa_memory_policy.txt b/Documentation/vm/numa_memory_policy.txt index be45dbb9d7f..6690fc34ef6 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/numa_memory_policy.txt +++ b/Documentation/vm/numa_memory_policy.txt @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ most general to most specific: to establish the task policy for a child task exec()'d from an executable image that has no awareness of memory policy. See the MEMORY POLICY APIS section, below, for an overview of the system call - that a task may use to set/change it's task/process policy. + that a task may use to set/change its task/process policy. In a multi-threaded task, task policies apply only to the thread [Linux kernel task] that installs the policy and any threads @@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ decrement this reference count, respectively. mpol_put() will only free the structure back to the mempolicy kmem cache when the reference count goes to zero. -When a new memory policy is allocated, it's reference count is initialized +When a new memory policy is allocated, its reference count is initialized to '1', representing the reference held by the task that is installing the new policy. When a pointer to a memory policy structure is stored in another structure, another reference is added, as the task's reference will be dropped |