[PATCH] swap: update swapfile i_sem comment
Update swap extents comment: nowadays we guard with S_SWAPFILE not i_sem. Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ add_swap_extent(struct swap_info_struct *sis, unsigned long start_page,
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* requirements, they are simply tossed out - we will never use those blocks
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* requirements, they are simply tossed out - we will never use those blocks
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* for swapping.
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* for swapping.
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* For S_ISREG swapfiles we hold i_sem across the life of the swapon. This
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* For S_ISREG swapfiles we set S_SWAPFILE across the life of the swapon. This
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* prevents root from shooting her foot off by ftruncating an in-use swapfile,
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* prevents root from shooting her foot off by ftruncating an in-use swapfile,
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* which will scribble on the fs.
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* which will scribble on the fs.
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