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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/vmstat.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/vmstat.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c index 772b39b87d9..8cb0f0a703e 100644 --- a/mm/vmstat.c +++ b/mm/vmstat.c @@ -321,9 +321,12 @@ static inline void mod_state(struct zone *zone, /* * The fetching of the stat_threshold is racy. We may apply * a counter threshold to the wrong the cpu if we get - * rescheduled while executing here. However, the following - * will apply the threshold again and therefore bring the - * counter under the threshold. + * rescheduled while executing here. However, the next + * counter update will apply the threshold again and + * therefore bring the counter under the threshold again. + * + * Most of the time the thresholds are the same anyways + * for all cpus in a zone. */ t = this_cpu_read(pcp->stat_threshold); |