| Subject | Re: [PATCH] [14/48] Suspend2 2.1.9.8 for 2.6.12: 404-check-mounts-support.patch | From | Nigel Cunningham <> | Date | Wed, 06 Jul 2005 18:30:43 +1000 |
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Hi.
Sorry.
It's not really a bug in the swapoff code. Rather, clearing this field allows simple identification of the devices being used for swap (for flushing writes).
Regards,
Nigel
On Wed, 2005-07-06 at 18:15, Pavel Machek wrote: > On St 06-07-05 12:20:40, Nigel Cunningham wrote: > > diff -ruNp 405-clear-swapfile-bdev-in-swapoff.patch-old/mm/swapfile.c 405-clear-swapfile-bdev-in-swapoff.patch-new/mm/swapfile.c > > --- 405-clear-swapfile-bdev-in-swapoff.patch-old/mm/swapfile.c 2005-07-06 11:22:01.000000000 +1000 > > +++ 405-clear-swapfile-bdev-in-swapoff.patch-new/mm/swapfile.c 2005-07-04 23:14:19.000000000 +1000 > > @@ -1162,6 +1162,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_swapoff(const char _ > > swap_file = p->swap_file; > > p->swap_file = NULL; > > p->max = 0; > > + p->bdev = NULL; > > swap_map = p->swap_map; > > p->swap_map = NULL; > > p->flags = 0; > > I guess some explanation is needed here; and if it is bugfix it should > just go in... > Pavel -- Evolution. Enumerate the requirements. Consider the interdependencies. Calculate the probabilities. Be amazed that people believe it happened.
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