linux/kernel/sched
Jason Low 7e5a2c1729 sched/numa: Document usages of mm->numa_scan_seq
The p->mm->numa_scan_seq is accessed using READ_ONCE/WRITE_ONCE
and modified without exclusive access. It is not clear why it is
accessed this way. This patch provides some documentation on that.

Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jason Low <jason.low2@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Aswin Chandramouleeswaran <aswin@hp.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@gmail.com>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Preeti U Murthy <preeti@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Scott J Norton <scott.norton@hp.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Waiman Long <waiman.long@hp.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1430440094.2475.61.camel@j-VirtualBox
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-05-08 12:13:13 +02:00
..
auto_group.c sched, timer: Convert usages of ACCESS_ONCE() in the scheduler to READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() 2015-05-08 12:11:32 +02:00
auto_group.h sched, timer: Convert usages of ACCESS_ONCE() in the scheduler to READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() 2015-05-08 12:11:32 +02:00
clock.c kernel/sched/clock.c: add another clock for use with the soft lockup watchdog 2015-02-12 18:54:13 -08:00
completion.c sched/completion: Serialize completion_done() with complete() 2015-02-18 14:27:40 +01:00
core.c sched, timer: Convert usages of ACCESS_ONCE() in the scheduler to READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() 2015-05-08 12:11:32 +02:00
cpuacct.c cgroup: rename cgroup_subsys->base_cftypes to ->legacy_cftypes 2014-07-15 11:05:09 -04:00
cpuacct.h sched/cpuacct: Initialize root cpuacct earlier 2013-04-10 13:54:20 +02:00
cpudeadline.c sched/deadline: Remove cpu_active_mask from cpudl_find() 2015-02-04 07:52:29 +01:00
cpudeadline.h sched/deadline: Modify cpudl::free_cpus to reflect rd->online 2015-01-30 19:39:16 +01:00
cpupri.c Merge commit '3cf2f34' into sched/core, to fix build error 2014-06-12 13:46:37 +02:00
cpupri.h sched/cpupri: Remove unnecessary definitions in cpupri.h 2014-11-16 10:58:59 +01:00
cputime.c sched, timer: Convert usages of ACCESS_ONCE() in the scheduler to READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() 2015-05-08 12:11:32 +02:00
deadline.c sched, timer: Convert usages of ACCESS_ONCE() in the scheduler to READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() 2015-05-08 12:11:32 +02:00
debug.c sched: Track group sched_entity usage contributions 2015-03-27 09:35:58 +01:00
fair.c sched/numa: Document usages of mm->numa_scan_seq 2015-05-08 12:13:13 +02:00
features.h sched/rt: Use IPI to trigger RT task push migration instead of pulling 2015-03-23 10:55:22 +01:00
idle_task.c sched: Provide update_curr callbacks for stop/idle scheduling classes 2014-11-23 14:14:40 -08:00
idle.c cpuidle: Run tick_broadcast_exit() with disabled interrupts 2015-04-29 15:19:21 +02:00
loadavg.c sched: Move the loadavg code to a more obvious location 2015-05-08 12:04:12 +02:00
Makefile sched: Move the loadavg code to a more obvious location 2015-05-08 12:04:12 +02:00
rt.c sched, timer: Convert usages of ACCESS_ONCE() in the scheduler to READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() 2015-05-08 12:11:32 +02:00
sched.h sched, timer: Convert usages of ACCESS_ONCE() in the scheduler to READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() 2015-05-08 12:11:32 +02:00
stats.c sched: use %*pb[l] to print bitmaps including cpumasks and nodemasks 2015-02-13 21:21:37 -08:00
stats.h sched: Micro-optimize by dropping unnecessary task_rq() calls 2013-09-25 13:51:06 +02:00
stop_task.c sched: Provide update_curr callbacks for stop/idle scheduling classes 2014-11-23 14:14:40 -08:00
wait.c sched, timer: Convert usages of ACCESS_ONCE() in the scheduler to READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() 2015-05-08 12:11:32 +02:00