Re: [PATCH] Fix incorrect use of loose in migrate.c

From: Nick Andrew
Date: Sat Dec 06 2008 - 08:55:49 EST


On Sat, Dec 06, 2008 at 01:12:27PM +0100, Nick Piggin wrote:
> > /*
> > * A dirty page may imply that the underlying filesystem has
> > * the page on some queue. So the page must be clean for
> > - * migration. Writeout may mean we loose the lock and the
> > + * migration. Writeout may mean we lose the lock and the
> > * page state is no longer what we checked for earlier.
> > * At this point we know that the migration attempt cannot
> > * be successful.
>
> I don't know... presumably we haven't just gone and lost the little
> bugger. I mean, we were holding it one minute, then... gone? Do we
> have Alzheimer's? Unlikely. I think we loosed it.

Loosen?

Nick.
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