Commit b0d9bcd4 authored by Hugh Dickins's avatar Hugh Dickins Committed by Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] swap: update swapfile i_sem comment

Update swap extents comment: nowadays we guard with S_SWAPFILE not i_sem.
Signed-off-by: default avatarHugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
parent fd4fd5aa
...@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ add_swap_extent(struct swap_info_struct *sis, unsigned long start_page, ...@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ add_swap_extent(struct swap_info_struct *sis, unsigned long start_page,
* requirements, they are simply tossed out - we will never use those blocks * requirements, they are simply tossed out - we will never use those blocks
* for swapping. * for swapping.
* *
* For S_ISREG swapfiles we hold i_sem across the life of the swapon. This * For S_ISREG swapfiles we set S_SWAPFILE across the life of the swapon. This
* prevents root from shooting her foot off by ftruncating an in-use swapfile, * prevents root from shooting her foot off by ftruncating an in-use swapfile,
* which will scribble on the fs. * which will scribble on the fs.
* *
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