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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/mm_types.h | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h index c3a6e6209600..1ae3537c7920 100644 --- a/include/linux/mm_types.h +++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h @@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ struct mem_cgroup; * in each subpage, but you may need to restore some of their values * afterwards. * - * SLUB uses cmpxchg_double() to atomically update its freelist and - * counters. That requires that freelist & counters be adjacent and - * double-word aligned. We align all struct pages to double-word - * boundaries, and ensure that 'freelist' is aligned within the - * struct. + * SLUB uses cmpxchg_double() to atomically update its freelist and counters. + * That requires that freelist & counters in struct slab be adjacent and + * double-word aligned. Because struct slab currently just reinterprets the + * bits of struct page, we align all struct pages to double-word boundaries, + * and ensure that 'freelist' is aligned within struct slab. */ #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ALIGNED_STRUCT_PAGE #define _struct_page_alignment __aligned(2 * sizeof(unsigned long)) |