Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm: Add comment explaining task state setting inbdi_forker_thread()

From: Wu Fengguang
Date: Sat Sep 03 2011 - 23:06:06 EST


> @@ -401,6 +401,13 @@ static int bdi_forker_thread(void *ptr)
> }
>
> spin_lock_bh(&bdi_lock);
> + /*
> + * In the following loop we are going to check whether we have
> + * some work to do without any synchronization with tasks
> + * waking us up to do work for them. So we have to set task
> + * state already here so that we don't miss wakeups coming

s/already/early/ ?

Acked-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx>

> + * after we verify some condition.
> + */
> set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
>
> list_for_each_entry(bdi, &bdi_list, bdi_list) {
> --
> 1.7.1
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